Dominik Moll

Dominik Moll
File:Dominik Moll crop.jpg Dominik Moll in 2011
Born	(1962-05-07) 7 May 1962 Bühl, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1987–present

Dominik Moll (born 7 May 1962) is a German-born French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Bühl, West Germany.

In 2001, he won the César Award for Best Director for Harry, He's Here to Help. Both Lemming and Harry, He's Here to Help were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2023, Moll won the César Award for Best Director for his film The Night of the 12th, which also won Best Film at the 48th César Awards.

Life and career

Moll was born to a German father and a French mother. After spending his childhood in Germany, Moll studied film at the City College of New York and the French National Film School (IDHEC). He then worked as assistant editor, editor and assistant director, among others with Marcel Ophuls and Laurent Cantet. His debut feature film, Intimité, was released in 1994. In 2000, his second feature film, Harry, He's Here to Help, was screened in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. His third film, Lemming, was chosen to open the Cannes Film Festival in 2005.

At the 48th César Awards in 2023, Moll's film The Night of the 12th won the César Award for Best Film, and earned him the César Award for Best Director as well, the second in his career.

Filmography

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Director	Screenwriter	Other
1987	Le Gynécologue et sa secrétaire	Yes	Yes	Yes	Short film; also cinematographer
1991	November Days			Yes	Documentary film; assistant editor
1994	Intimité	Yes	Yes
1994	Veillées d'armes : histoire du journalisme en temps de guerre			Yes	Documentary film; assistant director
1994	Joyeux Noël			Yes	Short film; editor
1996	Le Cri de Tarzan			Yes	Editor
1997	Les Sanguinaires			Yes	Assistant director
1999	Human Resources			Yes	Assistant director
1999	C'est plus fort que moi			Yes	Short film; assistant director
2000	Harry, He's Here to Help	Yes	Yes		César Award for Best Director San Diego Film Festival - Best Feature Film Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated—Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Writing Nominated—European Film Award for Best Film Nominated—European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
2005	Lemming	Yes	Yes		Nominated—Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or
2009	The Queen of Hearts			Yes	Actor
2010	Black Heaven		Yes
2011	The Monk	Yes	Yes
2013	The Tunnel			Yes	TV series Globes de Cristal Award for Best Television Film or Television Series
2016	News from Planet Mars	Yes	Yes
2016	Dans la forêt		Yes
2019	Only the Animals	Yes	Yes
2022	The Night of the 12th	Yes	Yes

External links

• Dominik Moll at the Internet Movie Database