Herbert Lichtenfeld (16 June 1927 in Leipzig – 11 December 2001 in Hamburg) was one of the most successful television screenplay writers in Germany.
While Wolfgang Petersen moved to the cinema and today works successfully in Hollywood, Lichtenfeld remained a writer for television.
But the idea to create a series in a hospital in the Black Forest was conceived by producer Wolfgang Rademann, who gave the screenplay writing job to Lichtenfeld.
Lichtenfeld wrote all the scripts for The Black Forest Clinic, as well as his own series Der Landarzt, centring on physician Dr. Matthiesen in the fictitious small town of Deekelsen in Schleswig-Holstein.
Among other series he wrote Das Traumschiff, and Hotel Paradies (1990), Unsere Hagenbecks (1991), Immer wieder Sonntag (1993-1995), Vater wider Willen (1995), and several successful television films.