Paul May (8 May 1909 – 25 February 1976) was a German film director and editor.
[1] He was the son of Peter Ostermayr, a film producer with Universum Film AG, and his wife Olga, née Wernhard.
After secondary school in Feldkirch, he entered to film industry and trained in film laboratory work.
After the Second World War, he adopted the pseudonym Paul May.
His greatest successes were 08/15 (1954), The Forests Sing Forever (1959), Via Mala (1961) from the book by John Knittel, and Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (1963) with Peter van Eyck.