Dominik Graf (born 6 September 1952) is a German film director. He studied film direction at

University of Television and Film Munich The University of Television and Film Munich (German: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, short: HFF Munich) is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. The school was established in 1966 by decree of the Bavarian government. T ...

, 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 ("Crime Scene") is a German-language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with 30 feature-length episodes per year, making it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by the German public-se ...

– '' (TV series episode) * 1988: ''

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'' * 1988: ''Bei Thea'' * 1989: ''Tiger, Lion, Panther'' * 1990: ' * 1993: '' – Die Verflechtung'' (TV series episode) * 1994: ' * 1995: ''

– '' (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) * 1999: ''Your Best Years'' * 1999: ''Bitter Innocence'' * 2002: '' A Map of the Heart'' * 2002: ' * 2002: ' * 2004: ' * 2004: ''

Polizeiruf 110 ''Polizeiruf 110'' ("Police call 110") is a long-running German-language detective television series. The name refers to the emergency telephone number of the ''Volkspolizei''. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic ...

– '' (TV series episode) * 2005: ' * 2006: ''City for Ransom'' * 2006: ''

– '' (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: ''

– '' (TV series episode) * 2011: ' * 2013: ''

– '' (TV series episode) * 2014: '' Beloved Sisters'' * 2014: ' (TV series episode) * 2014: ''

– '' (TV series episode) * 2016: ' * 2016: ' * 2017: ''

– '' (TV series episode) * 2018: ' * 2019: ''

– Die Lüge, die wir Zukunft nennen'' (TV series episode) * 2020: ''

– 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 * ''

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'' (1996), as Lorenz

Prizes

* 1980 –

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in the category ''Young talents'' for ''Der kostbare Gast'', his dissertation film at filmschool * 1983 –

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: 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 The Grimme-Preis (Grimme Award), formerly known as the Adolf-Grimme-Preis, is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme. The Grimme Institute ...

for ''Sperling und das Loch in der Wand'' (zusammen mit Benedict Neuenfels) * 1998 – Bayerischer Fernsehpreis, Special prize for the TV films ''The Scorpion'', ''Dr. Knock'' and ''Das Wispern im Berg der Dinge'' * 1998 –

for ''Doktor Knock'' * 1998 –

Telestar The Telestar was a former German television award, created by Das Erste and ZDF. It was succeeded in 1999 by the Deutscher Fernsehpreis The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming ...

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 –

for ''Denk ich an Deutschland… – Das Wispern im Berg der Dinge'' * 2003 –

for ''Friends of Friends'' * 2003 – Filmpreis der Stadt Hof * 2004 –

Deutscher Fernsehpreis The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999, by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL (German TV channel), RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalen ...

for ''Cold Spring '' * 2004 – Hans Abich Preis for extraordinary achievement in television drama * 2005 – DIVA-Award – ''Beste Regieleistung des Jahres (Jurypreis)'' * 2006 –

Gold for ''Polizeiruf 110 – Der scharlachrote Engel'' * 2007 – At ''Madrid Móstoles International Film Festival'' – ''Best director'' for ''The Red Cockatoo'' * 2007 – Grimme-Preis for ''Polizeiruf 110: Er sollte tot'' * 2007 – Fernsehfilmpreis der Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden Künste: Special prize for feature film direction for ''City for Ransom'' * 2008 –

for ''City for Ransom'' * 2008 – Filmkunstpreis for ''The Vow'' beim Festival des deutschen Films * 2010 –

for ''Kommissar Süden und der Luftgitarrist'' * 2010 – Schwabinger Kunstpreis * 2010 – Star on the Boulevard of Stars in Berlin * 2011 –

for ''Im Angesicht des Verbrechens'' * 2011 – Bayerischer Fernsehpreis for ''Im Angesicht des Verbrechens'' * 2011 – Deutscher Regiepreis Metropolis in the category best television director for ''Im Angesicht des Verbrechens'' * 2012 –

Spezial for ''Dreileben'' * 2012 – Hamburger Krimipreis for ''Polizeiruf 110: Cassandras Warnung''

Writings

* Dominik Graf: ''Verstörung im Kino. Der Regisseur von ''

Die Sieger ''Die Sieger'' (''The Victors''; WWV 89), is a draft sketch for an opera text by Richard Wagner. ''Die Sieger'' was drafted between 1856 and 1858, at a period when Wagner had become greatly interested in Buddhism. The fragmentary prose sketch w ...

'' im Gespräch mit Stefan Stosch über die Arbeit am Film.'' Wehrhahn Verlag, Laatzen 1998, 47 S., * Dominik Graf: '' Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen. Texte zum Film.'' Hrsg. und mit einem Vorwort von Michael Althen. Alexander Verlag, Berlin 2009, * Dominik Graf:
Im Angesicht des Verbrechens
Fernseharbeit am Beispiel einer Fernsehserie.'' Hrsg. Johannes F. Sievert. Alexander Verlag, Berlin 2010, * Dominik Graf, Lisa Gotto: ''Kino unter Druck. Filmkultur hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang.'' Alexander Verlag, Berlin 2021,

References

External links

*
''Fighter im System – Dominik Graf im Gespräch.''
Video interview at

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, November 2008 (German) * . Essay by Marco Abel (English)
''I Build a Jigsaw Puzzle of a Dream-Germany: An Interview with German Filmmaker Dominik Graf''
''Senses of Cinema'' Nr. 55 (English)
''In der Mitte des Orkans.''
Interview with Dominik Graf (German)
''Und plötzlich die Wirklichkeit...''
(German)
''Retrospective Dominik Graf''
at the Austrian Film Museum, 2013 {{DEFAULTSORT:Graf, Dominik 1952 births Living people Film directors from Munich German television directors Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Best Director German Film Award winners