Manfred Noa

Manfred Noa , born Manfred Simon Noa (born March 22, 1894 in Berlin ; † December 4, 1930 ibid) was a German film director and production designer .

Life

The brother of actress Loo Hardy studied painting at the Berlin School of Applied Arts and then worked as a theater painter and stage designer . At the end of 1915 he began to work as a set designer for the film and especially equipped the dramas and crime novels Richard Oswalds and Johannes Guters .

From 1917 he directed himself, on which he concentrated exclusively from 1919. From 1926 to 1928 he also took over production with his own Noa-Film GmbH. With Nathan the Wise, based on the drama by Lessing Margarete Noa and the two-part historical epic Helena , he delivered his most ambitious achievements. He was temporarily married to actress Eva May .

Filmography

Director

1917: The death of the builder Olsen
1917: Bobby as Cupid
1918: The deputy
1919: The girl and the men
1919: love
1920: hatred
1920: Schneider Wibbel
1920: Berlin W. (also screenplay)
1921: victim of chastity
1921: slide
1921: Sons of the Night (2 parts)
1921: The holy hatred (2 parts; also script)
1922: Nathan the Wise
1924: Helena
1924: The beautiful adventure
1925: The man in the saddle
1925: should you get married?
1926: The sunken fleet (also sea battle at Skagerrak )
1926: Young blood
1926: why get divorced?
1926: The Man from Beyond
1926: The sweet girl (also actor)
1926: The Provincial Uncle (also production)
1927: The eighteen year olds (also production)
1927: crook in tails (also production)
1927: The splendor and misery of the courtesans
1927: The Lady of Paris
1927: The great stranger
1928: Casanova's legacy (also production)
1928: The lady and her chauffeur (also production)
1928: Modern pirates
1929: Riots in the bachelor home
1929: my sister and me
1930: Mon coeur incognito
1930: The Waltz King
1930: You were once a lieutenant with your hussars
1931: The way to Rio

Film architect

Individual evidence

↑ Source: Birth certificate no. 566 of March 28, 1894, Landesarchiv Berlin.
^ Source: Obituary notice in "Film-Kurier" from December 8, 1930.

literature

Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 695.
Irene Stratenwert with Hermann Simon (Ed.): Pioneers in Celluloid. Jews in the early film world. Henschel, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89487-471-6 . Here pp. 45, 78, 214, 215 f., 218.

Web links

Manfred Noa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Manfred Noa at filmportal.de

personal data
SURNAME	Noa, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German film director and production designer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 22, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	4th December 1930
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Source: Birth certificate no. 566 of March 28, 1894, Landesarchiv Berlin.

[2] Source: Obituary notice in "Film-Kurier" from December 8, 1930.