- Herbert Seggelke was born on June 13, 1905 in Hannover, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Achtung, Synkope (1958), Tausend kleine Zeichen (1957) and Gerichtstag (1965). He died on July 10, 1990 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- His notable films include the experimental Strich-Punkt-Ballett, which he began in 1943 and completed in 1949 before its 1952 premiere, as well as Der Ewige Kreis and the industrial short Der Wundertisch.
- Herbert Seggelke began his professional career in the German film industry in 1937 when he joined the cultural film department of Tobis Film. During the same period, he also wrote screenplays for short films at Ufa.
- He produced numerous films that blend innovative techniques with factual documentation.
- Seggelke developed a strong enthusiasm for the medium of film during his youth, much to the displeasure of his parents. He pursued academic studies in literature, art, and philosophy in Munich and Paris. These were followed by additional study visits to Vienna, Prague, London, and other cities.
- Herbert Seggelke began his experimental film Strich-Punkt-Ballett in 1943 while working in the Nazi-controlled film industry, employing a camera-less direct animation technique by drawing abstract patterns with colored grease pencils directly onto the film strip. The work was set to jazz music, a genre officially condemned as "degenerate" and prohibited under Nazi cultural policy, rendering the film's soundtrack a potentially subversive element in the context of wartime restrictions on art and entertainment.
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