Dominik Graf
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 6, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Munich, Germany
Biography
Dominik Graf (born September 6, 1952) is a German film and television director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. Born in Munich, he is the son of actor Robert Graf and actress and writer Selma Urfer. He initially studied German literature and musicology before enrolling at the University of Television and Film Munich in 1974. His graduation film Der kostbare Gast (1979) received a Bavarian Film Award. Graf established himself as a director of crime dramas and thrillers, gaining recognition for his work on German television series such as Der Fahnder and Tatort. His breakthrough in cinema came with the crime thriller Die Katze (1988), starring Götz George, for which he received the German Film Award for Best Director. He subsequently directed Die Sieger (1994), an ambitious police thriller that became one of his best-known films. His later work includes Der Felsen (2002), Hotte im Paradies (2002), Der rote Kakadu (2006), and the acclaimed crime series Im Angesicht des Verbrechens (2010). He also directed Beloved Sisters (2014), a historical drama about Friedrich Schiller and the sisters Charlotte and Caroline von Lengefeld, which was selected as Germany’s submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2021, Graf directed Fabian: Going to the Dogs, an adaptation of Erich Kästner’s novel set in Berlin during the final years of the Weimar Republic. The film received several German Film Award nominations and won the Silver Award for Best Feature Film. In addition to his filmmaking career, Graf has taught film directing at the International Film School Cologne since 2004. His work has been recognized with numerous honors, including German Film Awards, Bavarian Film Awards, and multiple Grimme Awards.
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Filmography
Golem
Movie · Director
Wildboden
Movie · Director
Bis ans Ende der Nacht
Movie · Director
Doppelgänger
Movie · Director
My Falcon
Movie · Director
Melting Ink
Movie · Director
Fabian oder der Gang vor die Hunde
TV · Director · 4 eps
Shadows of the Past
Movie · Director
Fabian: Going to the Dogs
Movie · Director
Crossroads
Movie · Director
Twilight Eternal
Movie · Director
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
Movie · Director
Manhunt: Escape to the Carpathians
Movie · Director
Doomed Love: A Journey Through German Genre Films
Movie · Director
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
Movie · Director
Wealthy Corpses: A Crime Story from Starnberg
Movie · Director
Beloved Sisters
Movie · Director
Es werde Stadt! – 50 Jahre Grimme-Preis in Marl
Movie · Director
Lawinen der Erinnerung
Movie · Director
Dreileben: Don’t Follow Me Around
Movie · Director
The Invisible Girl
Movie · Director
In the Face of Crime
TV · Director · 10 eps
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
Movie · Director
Kommissar Süden und der Luftgitarrist
Movie · Director
A City Is Blackmailed
Movie · Director
The Vow
Movie · Director
The Red Cockatoo
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Cold Spring
Movie · Director
Hotte in Paradise
Movie · Director
A Map of the Heart
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Friends of Friends
Movie · Director
Munich: Secrets of a City
Movie · Director
Your Best Years
Movie · Director
Bitter Innocence
Movie · Director
The Scorpion
Movie · Director
Doktor Knock
Movie · Director
A Whispering in the Mountain of Things
Movie · Director
Journey to Weimar
Movie · Director
Sperling
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Invincibles
Movie · Director
Morlock
TV · Director · 1 ep
Baal
Movie · Director
The Gamblers
Movie · Director
Tiger, Löwe, Panther
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The Cat
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Bei Thea
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Die Beute
Movie · Director
Drei gegen drei
Movie · Director
Treffer
Movie · Director
Der Fahnder
TV · Director · 6 eps
Köberle kommt
TV · Director · 12 eps
Second Sight
Movie · Director
Neon City
Movie · Director
Der kostbare Gast
Movie · Director
Polizeiruf 110
TV · Director · 7 eps
Scene of the Crime
TV · Director · 5 eps