Hellmuth Costard was born on November 1, 1940 in Holzhausen, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Die Unterdrückung der Frau ist vor allem an dem Verhalten der Frauen selber zu erkennen (1970), Der kleine Godard an das Kuratorium junger deutscher Film (1978) and Echtzeit (1983). He died on June 13, 2000 in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.