Dominik Graf
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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Movies (62)
Doppelgänger
2025 · Director, Writer
Good Times: Dominik Graf on Directing the Cat
2025 · Self
The Universal Theory
2023 · Erzähler
My Falcon
2023 · Director
Melting Ink
2023 · Director, Writer
Shadows of the Past
2022 · Director
Fabian: Going to the Dogs
2021 · Director, Screenplay
Crossroads
2018 · Director
Twilight Eternal
2017 · Director
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
2017 · Director
Manhunt: Escape to the Carpathians
2016 · Director
Show What You Love
2016 · Himself
Doomed Love: A Journey Through German Genre Films
2016 · Director, Writer
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
2015 · Self
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
2015 · Director, Writer
Beloved Sisters
2014 · Director, Writer
Wealthy Corpses: A Crime Story from Starnberg
2014 · Director
Es werde Stadt! – 50 Jahre Grimme-Preis in Marl
2014 · Director
Lawinen der Erinnerung
2012 · Director, Writer
The Invisible Girl
2011 · Director
Dreileben: Don’t Follow Me Around
2011 · Director, Writer
Mythos Metropolis
2010 · Self
Kommissar Süden und der Luftgitarrist
2009 · Director
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
2009 · (segment "Der Weg - den wir nicht zusammen gehen") (voice), Director
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
2008 · Self
The Vow
2007 · Director, Writer
A City Is Blackmailed
2007 · Director, Writer
Fremder Bruder
2006 · Anwalt
The Red Cockatoo
2006 · Director
Cold Spring
2004 · Director
Hotte in Paradise
2003 · Director
A Map of the Heart
2002 · Director, Writer
Friends of Friends
2002 · Director, Writer
Munich: Secrets of a City
2000 · Erzähler, Director
Your Best Years
1999 · Director
Bitter Innocence
1999 · Director
Doktor Knock
1997 · Director
The Scorpion
1997 · Director, Original Music Composer
A Whispering in the Mountain of Things
1997 · Director, Writer, Music
Irren ist männlich
1996 · Lorenz
Journey to Weimar
1996 · Director
The Invincibles
1994 · Director, Music, Story
Frauen sind was Wunderbares
1994 · Music
Baal
1992 · Director
The Gamblers
1990 · Director
Tiger, Löwe, Panther
1989 · Director, Music
Die Beute
1988 · Director
The Cat
1988 · Director
Bei Thea
1988 · Director
Drei gegen drei
1985 · Director
Tango im Bauch
1985 · Willie
Treffer
1984 · Director
Kieselsteine
1983 · Sebastian
Second Sight
1982 · Director, Writer
Neon City
1982 · Director, Writer
1+1=3
1979 · Bernhard Grabowski
Der kostbare Gast
1979 · Director, Writer
Nur ein kleines bisschen Liebe
1977 · Sound Assistant
Maiden's War
1977 · Pavel Sixta
Golem
· Director
Wildboden
· Director
Bis ans Ende der Nacht
· Director
TV shows (19)
Fabian oder der Gang vor die Hunde
2023 · Director
In the Face of Crime
2010 · Director
Deutscher Fernsehpreis
1999 · Self
Alpha Forum
1998 · Self
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
1997 · Dr. Martens
Sperling
1996 · Director
Morlock
1993 · Director
Morgenmagazin
1992 · Self
Romy Award
1990 · Self
Blauer Panther
1989 · Self
Der Fahnder
1984 · Director, Creator
Köberle kommt
1983 · Director
Telestar
1983 · Self
Auf Achse
1980 · Writer
Bavarian Film Awards
1979 · Self
Polizeiruf 110
1971 · Director
Scene of the Crime
1970 · Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
Grimme Award
1964 · Self
German Film Award
1951 · Self