Jacob Geis
Jacob Josef Geis ( born November 30, 1890 in Munich, † 22 July 1972 ) was a German playwright, director and screenwriter.
Life
The grandson of the Munich comedian Jacob Geis studied law in Munich and in 1920 dramaturgy assistant at the State Theatre on Gaertnerplatz. In 1924, he came as a dramaturge to Darmstadt, the Hessian State Theater, where he also served as a director since 1926.
From 1927 he worked as a theater director in Kassel since 1929 as senior director. 1930 to 1933 he headed the Municipal Theatre Frankfurt, after which he was several times a guest productions in Berlin at the Kroll Opera House, at the Volksbühne Berlin at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. He also wrote his own plays.
After the seizure of power by the Nazis, he joined in March 1933 the National Socialist Factory Cell Organization and staged in Frankfurt the Schlageter the Nazi author Hanns Johst.
From 1935 to Geis worked as a screenwriter and head dramaturg for the Bavaria Film. He wrote, among other things, co-wrote the screenplays for four films with Heinz Rühmann and two with Zarah Leander. Since 1940, he cooperated mainly with director Harald Braun, with whom in 1947 he founded the new German film company. Geis took charge of the company until 1952, the function of a production manager, after which he again focused on writing screenplays. His last work was the adaptation of Thomas Mann's novel Buddenbrooks.
He was buried in the forest cemetery Grünwald.