Viktor Shtatland was born on November 24, 1912 in Alatyr, Alatyr uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Chuvash Republic, Russia]. He was a cinematographer and production manager, known for Na Dunae (1940), Das Gericht der Völker (1946) and Bitva za nashu Sovetskuyu Ukrainu (1943). He died in 1971 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].