Dominik Moll

I have a soft spot for directors like Dominik Moll who build careers on dread rather than spectacle. Born in West Germany and working in French cinema, he carries an outsider's eye that suits his cool, unsettling thrillers. Harry, He's Here to Help is a small masterclass in how an obliging smile can curdle into menace, and it rightly won him the César for Best Director. What impresses me is the longevity: winning that prize again in 2023 shows craft that sharpened with age instead of fading. He is the kind of patient, mid-budget filmmaker the industry undervalues, and I think that quiet persistence is exactly what makes him worth following.

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Name (English)

Dominik Moll

Name (Japanese)

ドミニク・モル

Reading

どみにく・もる

Born

May 7, 1962 (age 64)

Origin

Bühl, Karlsruhe Government Region, Germany

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / director / assistant director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

University

City University of New York

Awards & achievements

• 2023 César Award for Best Director
• 2023 César Award for Best Adaptation
• 2001 César Award for Best Director

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominik%20Moll
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%9F%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722352

Tags

• Karlsruhe Government Region
• film director
• screenwriter
• director

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.