Background
He was born and died in New York, New New York
He was born and died in New York, New New York
He wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for 47 films between 1927 and 1958. He is the grandfather of film director Daisy von Scherler Mayer. Edwin Justus Mayer worked on many screenplays but he is remembered now for his work with Ernst Lubitsch.
He worked with Lubitsch on the scripts for and was a box office failure, but is considered by many as one of Lubitsch"s finest films.