Norbert Kückelmann (1 May 1930 – 31 August 2017) was a German film director, screenwriter and lawyer.
He was born in Munich, During the 1950s he studied law and worked part-time as a film critic.
In 1965 he founded together with Alexander Kluge and Hans-Rolf Strobel the Young German Film Committee (German: Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film.
Continuing to work as a lawyer he directed his first film Die Sachverständigen in 1973.
[2] Two years later, he was a member of the jury at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.