Olivier Morel (filmmaker)

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.

Olivier Morel
Occupations

Filmography

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

Books
  • (in French) Visages de la Grande Guerre, Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1998.
  • (in French) Berlin Légendes ou la Mémoire des Décombres, Presses Universitaires de Vincennes, Paris, 2014.
  • (in French) Revenants, drawings by Maël, Foreword by Marc Crépon, Futuropolis, Paris, 2013[5][6][7]

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).

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