Marcel Mettelsiefen
German documentary filmmaker · Germany · On the map · Directors · Born 1978 · age 48
Marcel Mettelsiefen is a German documentary filmmaker. He has won six BAFTA awards and four Emmy awards, and was nominated for an Oscar in 2017 for Watani: My Homeland in the category of Best Documentary Short. In 2023, he won two BAFTA's for Children of the Taliban.
Marcel Mettelsiefen is read about 7.5 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 14 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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2025
A Simple SoldierFilm, Producer
Ecuador: las sombras del miedoFilm, 2025Director2024
A State of RageFilm, Director, Producer
Aufwachsen im Westjordanland - Gefangen im ZornFilm, 2024Director2023
Children of the TalibanFilm, Director, Producer2022
In Her HandsFilm, Director, Producer
Spain: A Country DividedFilm, 2022Director, Writer2020
Afghanistan: The Wounded LandSeries, CreatorAfghanistan. Unser verwundetes LandFilm, 2020Director2019
Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy of a TerroristFilm, Producer
Where the Light ShinesFilm, 2019Producer20172017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: DocumentaryFilm, Director2016
Children of SyriaFilm, Director2014Children of AleppoFilm, Director
Syria: Children on the FrontlineFilm, 2014Director2013Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-AwardAward2012Axel-Springer-PreisAward2011
ITV ExposureSeries, Director1978Born
A Simple SoldierFilm, ProducerEcuador: las sombras del miedoFilm, 2025Director2024A State of RageFilm, Director, ProducerAufwachsen im Westjordanland - Gefangen im ZornFilm, 2024Director2023Children of the TalibanFilm, Director, Producer2022In Her HandsFilm, Director, ProducerSpain: A Country DividedFilm, 2022Director, Writer2020Afghanistan: The Wounded LandSeries, CreatorAfghanistan. Unser verwundetes LandFilm, 2020Director2019Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy of a TerroristFilm, ProducerWhere the Light ShinesFilm, 2019Producer20172017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: DocumentaryFilm, Director2016Children of SyriaFilm, Director2014Children of AleppoFilm, DirectorSyria: Children on the FrontlineFilm, 2014Director2013Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-AwardAward2012Axel-Springer-PreisAward2011ITV ExposureSeries, Director1978BornPeople around Marcel
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Filmography 18
39 credits on file
Television 3
Media & music
Photos 2
Awards
About this person
In the same year, In Her Hands, was nominated for three Emmy awards, and won the award for Outstanding Politics & Government Documentary.
Country
Germany
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1978 · age 48
