Dieter Matzka was born on June 30, 1939 in Znojmo, Czechoslovakia. He was a cinematographer and director, known for
Deckname Schlier (1986),
Who Is Highlife? (2009) and
Drei Leben - Friderike und Lotte und Stefan Zweig (1994). He died on April 2, 2012 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.