Olivier Morel (filmmaker) explained

Olivier Morel is a French and American scholar, writer and filmmaker. He is the director of several feature-length nonfiction films (documentaries) and is the author of essays including one graphic novel with the artist and writer Maël. His academic work as well as his films highlight the importance of creation and the arts (music, literature, cinema, photography...) in the perception of historical events. He teaches at the department of Film, Television and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame in the United States.

Filmography

• On the Bridge (L'Âme en sang, Amerikas Verletzte Seelen), 97 minutes, Zadig Productions, ARTE Grand Format, 2011.^[1]
• Germany as Told by Christoph Hein, Vladimir Kaminer, Emine Sevgi Özdamar and Bernhard Schlink, 55 minutes, Seconde Vague Productions [archive], ARTE, 2013.^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Ever, Rêve, Hélène Cixous, 118 minutes, Zadig Productions, 2018.

Webdocumentary

• Profils 14-18 [archive], TV5 Monde, in collaboration with Didier Pazery and Claude Vittiglio.

Books

• Visages de la Grande Guerre, Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1998.
• Berlin Légendes ou la Mémoire des Décombres, Presses Universitaires de Vincennes, Paris, 2014.
• Revenants, drawings by Maël, Foreword by Marc Crépon, Futuropolis, Paris, 2013^{[5] [6] [7]}
  • Die Rückkehrer (German trans.), Carlsen Verlag 2014^[8]
  • Walking Wounded (English trans.), NBM Publishing, New York, 2015^{[9] [10] [11]}
• The "German Illusion" Germany and Jewish-German Motifs in Hélène Cixous's Late Work, Bloomsbury Academic Publishing, New York City, 2024.

Exhibits

• Between Listening and Telling, Paris (France) City Hall, January 25-March 12, 2005, filmed testimonies of Holocaust survivors installation directed by Esther Shalev-Gerz, MK2-History (produced by Martine Saada), Mémorial de la Shoah (Paris), Paris City. The exhibit also took place in the Jeu de Paume, Paris, France, 2010 ; at the MCBA, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2012 ; at the Belkin Art Gallery, UBC, Vancouver, Canada, 2013 ; at La Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, Canada, 2014 ; at Wasserman Projects, Detroit, USA, 2016^[12]
• Visages de la Grande Guerre (Faces of the Great War), Douaumont Ossuary (Verdun, France),^[13] permanent exhibit inaugurated on November 11, 2008 (with Didier Pazery, photographer).
• Vestiges et Visages de la Grande Guerre (Faces and Remains of the Great War),^[14] Great East Train Station, Paris, France, June 23-November 30, 2014 (with Didier Pazery, photographer).
• Profils 14-18 (Profiles 14-18),^[15] Museum of the Great War (Musée de la Grande Guerre), Meaux, France, June 2-December 2, 2018 (with Didier Pazery, photographer).

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'L'Ame en sang,' documentaire choc de 2011. Milot. Olivier. October 23, 2012. Telerama.fr.
2. Web site: L'identité allemande au prisme de sa littérature. Rousseau. Christine. October 15, 2014. Lemonde.fr.
3. News: Literarisch Reisen. Läubli. Martina. October 15, 2014. Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
4. Web site: L'Europe des écrivains, Allemagne. ARTE-TV. October 2014.
5. Web site: Olivier Morel et Maël, auteurs de la bande dessinée 'Revenants' (éditions Futuropolis). Torlotin. Sophie. September 17, 2013. Rfi.fr.
6. Web site: Un autre jour est possible. Hakem. Tewfik. October 11, 2013. franceculture.fr.
7. Web site: Olivier Morel: rencontre avec les revenants. Sullivan. December 25, 2013. Positiverage.com.
8. Web site: Greven. Thomas. Comic Reportagen, Journalisten mit Zeichenblock, von Thomas Greven, Der Tagesspiegel . Tagesspiegel. March 30, 2015.
9. Web site: Mael & Olivier Morel. www.nbmpub.com.
10. Web site: High in the ranks: 5 top graphic novels and cartoon collections to read this Veterans Day. Cavna. Michael. November 11, 2015. washingtonpost.com.
11. Web site: Walking Wounded, Olivier Morel's Startling Account of Iraq War Vets Suffering from PTSD Challenges the Direction of Society's Moral Compass. Wilkins. Jason. November 16, 2015. Brokenfrontier.com.
12. Web site: Between listening and telling. Shalev-Gerz. Esther. 2005. Shalev-gerz.net.
13. Web site: L'Ossuaire de Douaumont. Expo 14. 1 July 2013. YouTube.
14. Web site: Expo14 Visages et Vestiges de la Grande Guerre installée à la Gare de l'Est. Vimeo.
15. Web site: Expositions Familles : Portraits 14-18. Musée de la Grande Guerre du Pays de Meaux. 9 May 2018. YouTube.