Sigurd Tesche was born on April 24, 1940 in Haan, Germany. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Wild Skagerrak (2016), Fertile Floods: Croatia's Wetlands (2018) and Wilde Schweiz (2017). He was married to Marlene. He died on January 12, 2020 in Leichlingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.