Dominik Graf

Dominik Graf (born 6 September 1952) is a German film director. He studied film direction at University of Television and Film Munich, from where he graduated in 1975. While he has directed several theatrically released feature films since the 1980s, he more often finds work in television, focussing primarily on the genres police drama, thriller and crime mystery, although he has also made comedies, melodramas, documentaries and essay films. He is an active participant in public discourse about the values of genre film in Germany, through numerous articles, and interviews, some of which have been collected into a book.

Graf achieved international recognition in 2014 with his film ''Beloved Sisters'', which was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

Selected filmography

Director

* 1975: ''Carlas Briefe''
* 1979: ''Der kostbare Gast''
* 1980: ''Der Familientag''
* 1982: ' (anthology film)
* 1982: '
* 1983: ''Köberle kommt'' (TV series, 6 episodes)
* 1984: '
* 1985: '
* 1985–1993: ''Der Fahnder'' (TV series, 12 episodes)
* 1986: ''Tatort – '' (TV series episode)
* 1988: '' The Cat''
* 1988: ''Bei Thea''
* 1989: ''Tiger, Lion, Panther''
* 1990: '
* 1993: '' – Die Verflechtung'' (TV series episode)
* 1994: '
* 1995: ''Tatort – '' (TV series episode)
* 1996: '' und das Loch in der Wand'' (TV series episode)
* 1996: ''Reise nach Weimar''
* 1997: '
* 1997: ''Doktor Knock''
* 1998: '' und der brennende Arm'' (TV series episode)
* 1998: ''Deine besten Jahre''
* 1999: ''Bittere Unschuld''
* 2002: ''A Map of the Heart''
* 2002: '
* 2002: '
* 2004: '
* 2004: ''Polizeiruf 110 – '' (TV series episode)
* 2005: '
* 2006: ''Eine Stadt wird erpresst''
* 2006: ''Polizeiruf 110 – '' (TV series episode)
* 2007: '
* 2008: ''Kommissar Süden und der Luftgitarrist'' (TV series episode)
* 2009: '' Germany 09 – Der Weg, den wir nicht zusammen gehen''
* 2010: '' Im Angesicht des Verbrechens'' (TV miniseries)
* 2011: '
* 2011: ''Polizeiruf 110 – '' (TV series episode)
* 2011: '
* 2013: ''Tatort – '' (TV series episode)
* 2014: ''Beloved Sisters''
* 2014: ''Die reichen Leichen. Ein Starnbergkrimi''
* 2014: ''Polizeiruf 110 – '' (TV series episode)
* 2016: '
* 2016: '
* 2017: ''Tatort – '' (TV series episode)
* 2018: '
* 2019: ''Polizeiruf 110 – Die Lüge, die wir Zukunft nennen'' (TV series episode)
* 2020: ''Tatort – In der Familie'' (TV series episode)
* 2021: ''Fabian – Going to the Dogs''

Documentaries
* 1997: '' – Das Wispern im Berg der Dinge''
* 2000: '
* 2012: ''Lawinen der Erinnerung'' (about )
* 2014: ''Es werde Stadt! 50 Jahre Grimme-Preis in Marl''
* 2015: ''Was heißt hier Ende?'' (about )
* 2016: ''Verfluchte Liebe deutscher Film'' (co-director: Johannes F. Sievert)
* 2017: ''Offene Wunde deutscher Film'' (co-director: Johannes F. Sievert)
* 2017: ''Philip Rosenthal – Der Unternehmer, der nicht an den Kapitalismus glaubte'' (about Philip Rosenthal)

Actor

* ' (1977), as Pavel Sixta
* '' 1+1=3'' e(1979), as Bernhard Grabowski
* ''Danni'' (1983), as Lothar
* ''Father's Day'' (1996), as Lorenz

Prizes

* 1980 – Bayerischer Filmpreis in the category ''Young talents'' for ''Der kostbare Gast'', his dissertation film at filmschool
* 1983 – Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival: Special prize ''Second Sight''
* 1988 – Filmband in Gold (best director) für ''The Cat''
* 1989 – Fernsehfilmpreis der Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden Künste for ''Tiger, Lion, Panther''
* 1993 – Goldener Gong for ''Morlock – Die Verflechtung''
* 1995 – Goldener Gong for ''Tatort: Frau Bu lacht''
* 1997 – Grimme-Preis)
* 1998 – Bayerischer Fernsehpreis, Special prize for the TV films ''The Scorpion'', ''Dr. Knock'' and ''Das Wispern im Berg der Dinge''
* 1998 – Grimme-Preis for ''The Scorpion''
* 1998 – Fernsehfilmpreis der Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden Künste for ''The Scorpion''
* 1999 – Fernsehfilmpreis der Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden Künste for ''Sperling und der brennende Arm''
* 1999 – Grimme-Preis