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Directing

Marcel Mettelsiefen

Career

Active from 2011 to 2025, busiest in 2020 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Afghanistan: The Wounded Land
Afghanistan: The Wounded Land
GoodWatch score81/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards ยท Documentary Short Film

    2017 ยท Nominated ยท 89th Academy Awards

    Watani: My Homeland

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 0.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Marcel Mettelsiefen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Romance
    0.2, average 3.8
  • Nostalgia
    0.8, average 3.8
  • Situational Comedy
    0.0, average 2.7
  • Dark Humor
    0.3, average 2.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles ยท average score 46
A Simple Soldier
A Simple Soldier (2025)

Producer

Drug War in Ecuador
Drug War in Ecuador (2025)

Director, Producer

Ecuador: las sombras del miedo
Ecuador: las sombras del miedo (2025)

Director

A State of Rage
A State of Rage (2024)

Producer, Director

Aufwachsen im Westjordanland - Gefangen im Zorn
Aufwachsen im Westjordanland - Gefangen im Zorn (2024)

Director

Tanja: Up in Arms
Tanja: Up in Arms (2023)

Director, Writer

Children of the Taliban
Children of the Taliban (2023)

Director, Producer

In Her Hands
In Her Hands (2022)
GoodWatch score 46

Executive Producer, Director of Photography

Spain: A Country Divided
Spain: A Country Divided (2022)

Producer, Writer

El conserje
El conserje (2020)

Cinematography, Writer

Afghanistan. Unser verwundetes Land
Afghanistan. Unser verwundetes Land (2020)

Director

2010s

7 titles ยท average score 72
Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy of a Terrorist
Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy of a Terrorist (2019)
GoodWatch score 77

Producer

Where the Light Shines
Where the Light Shines (2019)

Producer, Additional Photography

2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary
2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary (2017)

Director

Watani: My Homeland
Watani: My Homeland (2016)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Producer

Children of Syria
Children of Syria (2016)

Director

Syria: Children on the Frontline
Syria: Children on the Frontline (2014)

Director

Children of Aleppo
Children of Aleppo (2014)

Director