Willy Zeyn senior

Willy Zeyn (born June 30, 1876 in Wandsbek ; † August 9, 1946 in Munich ) was a German film director and screenwriter .

Life

He attended secondary school and a commercial school, then he trained as an actor in Hamburg until 1895. Then he played on various stages at home and abroad and was a member of several vaudeville troupes.

In 1910 he returned to Germany, where he was discovered and promoted as a film director by Paul von Woringen . He worked in Berlin for Deutsche Mutoscop- und Biograph GmbH and directed numerous short silent films in the style of the early days of cinema.

Zeyn played a key role in the expansion of Berlin film studios into large-scale areas. His time as a film director ended in the mid-1920s and he retired to Munich. There he was buried in the forest cemetery after his death . His son is the film editor and film producer Willy Zeyn junior .

Filmography

1911: The wrong banknote 1911: A good idea 1912: From the Scheunenviertel 1912: The debt of others 1912: The letter 1913: The Hunt for the Hundred Pound Note or The Journey Around the World 1913: Lost on the way 1913: The black diamond 1913: The Secret of Chateau Richmond 1913: Sacco, the hunger artist 1914: Sturmzeichen - A war film (also screenplay) 1914: Three signs on the Way of the Cross 1914: Nelly 1914: The lock 1914: The dream of a Christmas night 1915: Caliber five point two 1915: The wrong bill 1915: The dark castle 1915: Poor Marie (involvement as director uncertain) 1915: fatherly love 1917: The Treasure in the Mountains (also screenplay)

1917: your son 1918: The daughter of Rajah (also screenplay) 1918: The Hour of Retribution (also screenplay) 1918: after twenty years 1918: The laughing mask 1918: The Hauer trial 1919: The Struggle for Marriage (2 parts) 1919: The Secret of Holloway Castle 1920: The morphinist 1920: caliber five point two (also script) 1920: The Hound of Baskerville (several parts) 1920: Gentlemen crook 1920: The players 1920: The Chamber Singer 1921: The passenger from No. 7 1921: The new paradise 1921: The house on Weichselgasse 1921: The dictatorship of life 1921: The dance for love and happiness (also screenplay) 1922: In the glow of the senses 1924: On our own

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 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 534.

Web links

• Willy Zeyn senior at filmportal.de
• Willy Zeyn in the Internet Movie Database (English)