Marcel Mettelsiefen

Marcel Mettelsiefen (born 1978) is a German documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and producer. His documentaries have earned him critical appraisal and recognition. Among others, 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''. In the same year, ''In Her Hands,'' was nominated for three ''Emmy'' awards, and won the award for Outstanding Politics & Government Documentary.

Mettelsiefen has a background in photo journalism and has reported from across the Middle East and Afghanistan, and South America. He is the co-founder of the magazine ''Zenith'', one of the leading publications about the Middle East and the Arab world in Germany, and is a founding member of the German non-for-profit organization ''Candid Foundation''.

Mettelsiefen studied political science and medicine at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Since transitioning into filmmaking he has evolved from a war zone photojournalist to an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Provided by Wikipedia