Werner Scheff (1888–1947) was a German novelist and screenwriter. He is particularly noted as a prolific writer of sports fiction.^[1] Following the Nazi Party's rise to power, he emigrated and died in London in 1947.

Selected filmography

• Die Arche (1919)
• The Man in the Saddle (1925)
• Dagfin (1926)
• The Girl on a Swing (1926)
• The Champion of the World (1927)
• Attorney for the Heart (1927)
• The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927)
• Never Trust a Woman (1930)
• Johnny Steals Europe (1932)
• Ship Without a Harbour (1932)
• Secret Agent (1932)
• The Marathon Runner (1933)
• Jumping Into the Abyss (1933)