Dominik Moll

In 2023, Moll won the César Award for Best Director for his film The Night of the 12th, which also won Best Film at the 48th César Awards.

• Name — Dominik Moll • Born — 7 May 1962 • Birthplace — Bühl, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1987–present Dominik Moll (born 7 May 1962) is a German-French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Bühl, West Germany. In 2001, he won the César Award for Best Director for Harry, He's Here to Help. Harry, He's Here to Help, Lemming and Case 137 were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2023, Moll won the César Award for Best Director for his film The Night of the 12th, which also won Best Film at the 48th César Awards.

Moll was born to a German father and a French mother. After spending his childhood in Germany, Moll studied film at the City College of New York and the French National Film School (IDHEC). He then worked as assistant editor, editor and assistant director, among others with Marcel Ophuls and Laurent Cantet. His debut feature film, Intimité, was released in 1994. In 2000, his second feature film, Harry, He's Here to Help, was screened in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. His third film, Lemming, was chosen to open the Cannes Film Festival in 2005. At the 48th César Awards in 2023, Moll's film The Night of the 12th won the César Award for Best Film, and earned him the César Award for Best Director as well, the second in his career.

• Year — Title — Notes • 1987 — Le Gynécologue et sa secrétaire — Short film; also cinematographer • 1994 — Intimité • 2000 — Harry, He's Here to Help — César Award for Best Director Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated—Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—European Film Award for Best Film • 2005 — Lemming — Nominated—Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or • 2011 — The Monk • 2016 — News from Planet Mars • 2019 — Only the Animals • 2022 — The Night of the 12th — César Award for Best Film César Award for Best Director • 2025 — Case 137

• Year — Title — Credited as — Notes • Screenwriter — Other • 1991 — November Days — Documentary film; assistant editor • 1994 — Veillées d'armes: histoire du journalisme en temps de guerre — Documentary film; assistant director • 1994 — Joyeux Noël — Short film; editor • 1996 — Le Cri de Tarzan — Editor • 1997 — Les Sanguinaires — Assistant director • 1999 — Human Resources — Assistant director • 1999 — C'est plus fort que moi — Short film; assistant director • 2009 — The Queen of Hearts — Actor • 2010 — Black Heaven • 2013 — The Tunnel — TV series Globes de Cristal Award for Best Television Film or Television Series • 2016 — Dans la forêt