David Schütz

David Schütz was born in 1941 in Berlin

David Schütz was born in Berlin in 1941 as Dietmar Engbert Müllner, to a Jewish mother and a Christian father. During the war his mother left him and his siblings with a Christian neighbor, and he did not know he was Jewish. In 1946 he was placed in the Jewish orphanage in Berlin, where he learned of his origins.

He immigrated to Israel with his older brother Efraim through Youth Aliyah and spent most of his youth at the Nitzanim youth village. After serving in the Artillery Corps, he studied history and philosophy at the Hebrew University and earned a master's degree in history. He also studied cinema at the BFI.

While writing a doctorate, he decided to become a writer. In 1968 he began co-editing the journal Egoz with Lea Dovev. His first book, The Grass and the Sand, appeared in 1978 and was translated into French and German.

His novels, including White Lily, Red Lily, deal with children who survived the Holocaust. He also produced films, served as deputy director of the Israel Film Service, and in 1989 helped found the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, where he taught screenwriting.

He died in July 2017 after a long illness and was buried at Givat Brenner. He had 3 daughters.