- Ernst Kunstmann was born on January 25, 1898 in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Brandenburg, Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for Metropolis (1927), The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) and The Last Laugh (1924). He died on May 30, 1995 in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Brandenburg, Germany.
- He worked with German special effects pioneer Eugen Schufftan and helped develop the "Schufftan Process" for special effects.
- He and Eugen Schufftan were invited to Hollywood in 1926 where they worked for several years before returning to Germany.
- He was responsible to introducing the Schufftan Process to British special effects technicians.
- After World War II, he became the chief of the Special Effects Department at DEFA.
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