- He was the son of actor, director and producer Heinrich Lisson nee Nischwitz.
- His film work was interrupted for a short time because of his entry to the military. He was assigned as a war correspondent to the West and East front before he was suspended from the military for his cooperation for the movies "Stukas" (1941) and "Besatzung Dora" (1943). He used the opportunity and also worked for the special effects for the colourful costume movie "Münchhausen" (1943), where he was responsible for the sequence with the superfast runner and with the long-distance gun.
- Following the Second World War he was head of special effects at the Munich-based Bavaria Film.
- He continued his career successfully after the war and realized impressive special effects. To his well-known post-war movies belong "Ein Mann geht durch die Wand" (1959), "Das Spukschloss im Spessart" (60) and the serial "Raumpatrouille" (66).
- During his training as a cinematographer he chose the field of special effects and became soon an experienced artist of his line.
- His last father-in-law was the composer Mischa Spoliansky.
- The cinematographer for special effects, Theodor Nischwitz, worked as an apprentice for the Kopierwerk Afifa from 1930, one year later he joined the trick department of the Ufa in Babelsberg.
- Theodor Nischwitz was in the lucky situation to carry on his profession till to old age. To his last impressive works belong "Fedora" (1978), and the serial "Das Boot" (1981), where he created the sequences with the submarine tower in the storm.
- He was for a short time married to the film editor Gertrud Hinz.
- His last two movies were for two German comedians: Dieter Hallervorden and Otto Waalkes.
- From 1931 he war regularly involved in special effects for feature movies like "Bomben auf Monte Carlo" (1931), "F.P. 1 antwortet nicht" (1932), "Amphitryon" (35) - where he created the eye flashes - and "Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht" (1939).
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