He only shot the documentary "Deutsche Siege in drei Erdteilen" as well as the short movies "Und so ein Glück kannst du nur haben" (1930), "Duco" (1938) and "Coca-Cola" (1938). The two last-mentioned works were so-called industry short movies.
The cinematographer Hermann Böttger finished an education as a photographer and he worked in this field for the next two decades before he joined the film business.
He suffered of a stroke in 1940.
He belongs to the German film pioneers - his first movie can be back-dated to 1909 where he was the cameraman for "Der kleine Detektiv" (1909).
After his stroke he worked in the 40's as a courier for 250 Reichsmark a month.