Dominik Graf
Dominik Graf ( born September 6, 1952 in Munich) is a German film and television director.
Life
The son of actor couple Robert Graf and Selma Urfer visited the Max -Gymnasium in Munich and 1969 to 1972 the boarding Stein an der Traun, where he graduated from high school. 1972 to 1974 he studied German literature and musicology in Munich. In 1974 he moved to the University of Television and Film Munich. Since then he has worked as a performer, writer and especially as a director. From the start, he also worked for television. In 2012, he won for the tenth time the Grimme Award, making it the most awarded carrier of this TV price.
In his films, Graf was often based on the American genre cinema and tried to transfer it to the German situation. Graf considered a great movie lover and writes occasionally about film topics in various newspapers. A special feature of his crime films is the use of the police radio, which provides a dose soundscape for additional power and more authenticity.
After The Rock (2002) and Graf's period film was invited to the beloved sisters on Friedrich Schiller's triangular relationship with Charlotte von Lengefeld and her sister Caroline in the Competition of the Berlinale 2014.
Since 2004, Dominik Graf is professor of film directing at the International Film School Cologne and was appointed Honorary Professor in 2005.
He was married to the German - American screenwriter and director Sherry Hormann ( a daughter ), and a relationship with the actress Adelheid Arndt. Count is now significant other the director and Oscar - winner Caroline Link and the couple have a daughter. His father, he dedicated the essay film The whisper in the mountain of things.