MoonDogs is a Germany-based documentary production company founded by Academy Award–nominated, six-time BAFTA-winning and four-time Emmy-winning filmmaker Marcel Mettelsiefen, and Emmy- and BAFTA-winning director and producer Juan Camilo Cruz.
We create high-end, access-driven documentaries rooted in character and real-world stakes. Our work operates on the frontlines — where urgency, risk, and human experience intersect.
Blending journalistic access with cinematic storytelling, MoonDogs delivers films that are immediate, immersive, and globally relevant.
A Simple Soldier:’ Ukraine War Doc From Producers Including John Battsek, Ben Silverman & James Packer, Debuts This Week At Sheffield DocFest — Watch First Clip
A Simple Soldier, a powerful feature doc from Ukrainian filmmaker Artem Ryzhykov and co-director Juan Camilo Cruz, has an impressive stable of producers behind it
Like Alisa Kovalenko’s My Dear Théo, Artem Ryzhykov and Juan Camilo Cruz’s A Simple Soldier is a portrait of the filmmaker (Artem Ryzhykov, an IDA-awarded cinematographer for 2015’s The Russian Woodpecker) as Ukrainian war volunteer; unlike Kovalenko’s, it’s obstinate in its determination to keep the camera running whenever
