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) 1999: Your Best Years 1999: Bitter Innocence 2002: A Map of the Heart 2002: 2002: 2004: 2004: Polizeiruf 110 – (TV series episode) 2005: 2006: City for Ransom 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: (TV series episode) 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)