James Moll

Moll also served for ten years on the executive committee of the documentary branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and is the founding chair of the documentary committee for the Directors Guild of America.

• Name — James Moll • Birth Name — James Moll • Birthplace — Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Education — USC School of Cinematic Arts • Occupation — Filmmaker • Years Active — 1987–present • Website — http: www.allentownproductions.com/

Moll was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and attended and graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1987.

Moll is founding executive director of the USC Shoah Foundation's Institute for Visual History and Education, also known as the Shoah Foundation. He established the non-profit organization with June Beallor in 1994 for Steven Spielberg. Moll and Beallor ran the day-to-day operations the Shoah Foundation from its inception in 1994 until 1998, and later worked with the foundation on the production of documentaries. Shoah Foundation's objective was collecting tens of thousands of videotaped testimonies from survivors of The Holocaust around the world; within five years, the foundation collected over 52,000 such testimonies in 32 languages.

Selected credits in film and television • Year — Title — Credited as — Notes • Director — Producer • 2018 — Medal of Honor — TV series documentary; credited as executive producer (8 episodes) & director (3 episodes) • 2018 — Days That Shaped America — TV series documentary; credited as executive producer • 2017 — Obey Giant — Documentary • 2017 — Trenches of Rock — Documentary; credited as executive producer • 2015 — Mully — Documentary; credited as executive producer • 2015 — Living in the Age of Airplanes — Documentary; credited as executive producer • 2015 — Auschwitz — Documentary short • 2014 — Farmland — Documentary • 2012 — Always Faithful — Documentary • 2011 — A Path to Honor — TV series documentary; credited as executive producer • 2011 — Foo Fighters: Back and Forth — Winner: Grammy Award for "Best Music Video, Long Form" • 2010 — Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal — Documentary • 2010 — When I Rise — Documentary • 2008 — Running the Sahara — Documentary • 2008 — New Kids on the Block: A Behind the Music Special — TV movie documentary; credited as executive producer • 2008 — A Timeless Call — Documentary short • 2006 — Inheritance — Winner: Emmy Award for "Outstanding Interview" – also credited as editor • 2006 — Ten Days that Unexpectedly Changed America: Massacre at Mystic — TV series documentary • 2004 — The Four Chaplains: Sacrifice at Sea — TV movie documentary • 2004 — A Remarkable Promise — Short film • 2004 — Voices from the List — Video documentary; credited as producer and executive producer • 2003 — Burma Bridge Busters — TV movie documentary • 2002 — Price for Peace — Documentary • 2002 — I Remember — Documentary • 2002 — Broken Silence — TV mini-series documentary • 2000 — Eyes of the Holocaust — Documentary • 1998 — The Last Days — Winner: Academy Award for "Best Documentary (Feature)" – also credited as editor • 1997 — The Lost Children of Berlin — Documentary; credited as executive producer • 1996 — Survivors of the Holocaust — Winner: Emmy Award for "Outstanding Informational Special" • 1992 — Out on a Limb — Comedy; credited as associate producer