Horst E. Brandt was born on January 17, 1923 in Berlin, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Bread and Roses (1967), Between Day and Night (1975) and Der Lude (1984). He was previously married to Ingeborg Kampfert and Eva Schottek. He died on August 22, 2009 in Kleinmachnow, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg, Germany.