Gottfried Kolditz was born on December 14, 1922 in Goldbach-Altenbach, Haut-Rhin, France. He was a director and writer, known for Geliebte Weiße Maus (1964), Das Ding im Schloß (1979) and Signale - Ein Weltraumabenteuer (1970). He was married to Erika Koch. He died on June 15, 1982 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia [now Slovenia].