(Wien 1890 – 1939 Zürich)
After studying classical art in Munich, Neppach was hired as a stage designer at the Frankfurt New Theater. After World War I, he moved to Berlin, where he worked both for the theater and for the young medium of film. His stylized scenography, which drew on Expressionism, had a formative influence on the style of the time. In 1932, he founded his own film production company, which he was forced to give up in 1936. Neppach emigrated to Switzerland and committed extended suicide.