War and Justice

Marcus Vetter, born in Stuttgart in 1967 to a German mother and a Turkish father, studied “European Business Management” (diploma 1991) and “Media Science/ Practice” at the University of Tübingen (diploma 1994). Since 1994 he has worked as a TV editor, producer and director for ARD/SWR in Baden-Baden and Stuttgart. His films have received attention at national and international film festivals and have been awarded numerous prizes, including three Adolf Grimme Prizes and the German Film Prize.
Marcus’ work first came to the attention of an international audience in 1999 with his film “Der Tunnel,” a docu-drama about a legendary escape tunnel in Berlin. The film received the Grimme Award, the German Television Award and an honorable mention at the Prix Europa. He went on to make numerous films, including “The Battle for Brukman” (2001) about rebellious seamstresses in Argentina, “My Father the Turk,” a film about meeting his Turkish father that won the Golden Gate Award in San Francisco.
2007 he shoots “The Heart of Jenin” (BRD 2008, 90min), the story of Ismael Khatib, a Palestinian father whose son is killed by Israeli soldiers, and who nevertheless donates his son’s organs, saving the lives of Israeli children. In 2010, the film is awarded the German Film Prize - the Lola.
It was followed by “Cinema Jenin - The Story of a Dream” (BRD 2011, 90min) about the reconstruction of what was once the largest cinema in the West Bank and vividly captures the complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; “The Court” (BRD 2012, 90min) a unique portrait and contemporary document reflecting the tireless work of the ICC; “The Forecaster” (BRD/USA 2015, 100min) documents the career of Martin Armstrong. The latter develops a computer model based on the number PI in the early eighties, with which he predicts the world economy with frightening precision; and the film “The Promise (US: Killing for Love” (BRD/USA 2017, 130min), which was released in October 2016 and was one of the BBC’s best rated documentaries.
His film “The Forum - Behind the Scenes of the World Economic Forum (SWR/Arte 2019, 116min) about its founder Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum in Davos was broadcast in over 15 European countries.