Erich Nitzschmann was born on February 13, 1901 in Danzig, West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a cinematographer, known for
Destiny (1921),
The Chronicles of the Gray House (1925) and
Der Mord in der Greenstreet (1921). He died on January 16, 1980 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.