Dietrich Haugk was born on 12 May 1925 in Ellrich, Thuringia, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk (1964), Erzähl mir nichts (1964) and Agatha, laß das Morden sein! (1960). He was married to Silvia Lukan, Signe Seidel, Johanna von Koczian and Susanne Lyncker. He died on 28 June 2015 in Berlin, Germany.