death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive imdb_id article_title name occupation
munich , bavaria west germany 7 may 1967 mühldorf , bavaria german empire 18 july 1882 1907 -- 1959 0652392 peter ostermayr
 peter ostermayr producer director
peter ostermayr

peter ostermayr -lrb- 1882 -- 1967 -rrb- was a german film producer , screenwriter and film director .
ostermayr was a significant film pioneer during the early years of german cinema .
he was the brother of franz osten and ottmar ostermayr .
in 1907 they took over their father 's photography business and turned into a film studio .
after serving in the first world war he founded a company which later evolved into bavaria film , and acquired the emelka studios in munich .
while bavaria went on to become a leading german production company , ostermayr had left by the mid-1920s and worked at several other studios including the giant ufa .
following the second world war he entered independent production , and specalised in heimatfilm .
he was made an honorary president of the west german film producers ' association .
his son was the film director paul may .
