Paul Martin was born on February 8, 1899 in Koloszvar, Transilvania, Austria-Hungary [now Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania]. He was a director and writer, known for Rêves mortels (1951), Schwarze Rosen (1935) and Jenny und der Herr im Frack (1941). He was married to Frauke Lauterbach. He died on January 26, 1967 in West Berlin, West Germany.