The production company Filmperspektive was founded in 2003 by Achim Johne and Marcus Vetter with the aim of producing their own documentaries and feature films. Marcus Vetter left the production company in 2020 to devote himself more to directing.
Filmperspektive mainly produces films by Marcus Vetter. In selected projects, it is also open to international co-productions if they bear a very personal signature, tell stories that can be understood emotionally anywhere in the world and represent a “SIGN OF THE TIMES”. These are topics that often nobody believes in because they are “ahead of their time”.
Founder & Producer
Achim Johne studied light engineering (Polytechnic Darmstadt). He has his roots in the world of theatre and opera as a stage designer, prop master and lighting technician. He participated in various opera productions of the ‘Jeunesses Musicales’ group, some of which were staged at the castle of Weikersheim. He also participated in a production of Brecht’s ‘Threepenny Opera’ and a ‘Hitler’s youth’ production staged at Stuttgart’s ‘Theaterhaus’. Since 1985 he works for the SDR/SWR (German TV channel), where he took part in the production of numerous films, shows and documentaries. Achim Johne worked as a design and technical advisor for various projects and productions.
Director & Independent filmmaker
Marcus Vetter graduated in Economics (1991) and Media Theory and Practice (1994). His studies included long term stays in Buenos Aires and Madrid as well as practical internships in the media and film business. Since 1994 he has been working as a TV editor, producer and director at ARD/SWR in Baden-Baden and Stuttgart. His films have received attention at national and international film festivals and won numerous prizes, among which are 3 Adolf Grimme Awards – the German Oscar. Since 2006, Vetter has been shooting and producing his films within the production company Filmperspektive. He also teaches as a lecturer, gives master classes and is frequently invited to give practice-oriented film workshops – for the Haus des Dokumentarfilms, ZDF, ARD, the Goethe Institute Kuala Lumpur and the international screenwriting workshop ‘Sources’, among others.