James Moll

James Moll is an American director and producer of film documentaries and television documentaries. His documentary work has earned him an Academy Award, two Emmys, and a Grammy.[1] Moll's production company, Allentown Productions Inc., has been based at Universal Studios since 1994, primarily producing film and television projects focused on stories of non-fiction. Moll serves on the Executive Committee of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and serves as a chair of the Documentary Award for the Directors Guild of America.

James Moll
James Moll at the Movieguide Awards in February 2019.
Born
James Moll

Allentown, Pennsylvania
Alma materUSC School of Cinematic Arts
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active1987–present
Websitewww.allentownproductions.com

Moll graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1987. He began his professional career as an intern reading scripts for film producer Lauren Shuler Donner, who later hired him as an assistant to French writer-director Francis Veber for Veber's American remake of "Les Fugitifs" (Three Fugitives).

Career

Film and television

In 2018, Moll completed his work[note 1] on the Netflix television docuseries Medal of Honor in concert with executive producer Robert Zemeckis.[3][4][2] The documentary miniseries profiles the acts of heroism and selflessness exhibited by eight American soldiers who were awarded the Medal of Honor, the United States military's highest and most prestigious military honor for acts of valor.[3][4]

Moll directed the 2017 documentary Obey Giant, which chronicles the artist Shepard Fairey's personal story, from his Charleston, S.C., skate-scene roots to his rise as a veritable brand of iconoclasm.[5] It also examines the relationship between street art, activism, punk rock and politics.[5] Producers of the film include actor James Franco.[5]

Moll directed the 2011 feature documentary Foo Fighters: Back and Forth, profiling the career of the rock band Foo Fighters, which is led by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. On February 12, 2012, Moll won a Grammy Award for the documentary.[6]

In 2009, Moll was nominated for two Emmy Awards[7] winning one of them, from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for Inheritance. The film profiles Monika Göth Hertwig and her struggle dealing with her father's involvement in The Holocaust. Monika's father, S.S. Captain Amon Göth, was executed for war crimes in 1946. Amon Göth attained international notoriety after being portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in the movie Schindler's List.

Moll is director and producer of the 2007 feature-length documentary Running the Sahara about three men who ran 4,300 miles across the Sahara desert from Senegal to Egypt. Matt Damon is the executive producer of the film, which promotes Water.org (formerly the H2O Africa) Foundation, co-founded by Damon to raise awareness of clean water initiatives in Africa.

He directed and produced the feature-length documentary Price for Peace, which premiered prime time on NBC on Memorial Day 2002, hosted by Tom Brokaw. The late author Stephen Ambrose and Steven Spielberg are the executive producers. The film focuses on America's involvement in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. It was produced in collaboration with DreamWorks and the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.

In March 1999, James Moll received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for directing The Last Days.[8] Steven Spielberg is executive producer of the film, which chronicles the lives of five Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.

In 1996, Moll's first documentary as producer, Survivors of the Holocaust, received two Prime Time Emmy Awards and a third nomination.[9]

Shoah Foundation

Moll is Founding Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education (also known as the Shoah Foundation), having 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. The goal of the Shoah Foundation was to collect tens of thousands of videotaped testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust around the world. Within five years, the number of testimonies in the archive was over 52,000, in thirty-two languages.

Filmography
Selected credits in film and television[10]
Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Producer
2018Medal of HonorYesYesTV Series documentary; credited as executive producer (8 episodes) & director (3 episodes)
2018Days That Shaped AmericaNoYesTV Series documentary; credited as executive producer
2017Obey GiantYesYesDocumentary
2017Trenches of RockNoYesDocumentary; credited as executive producer
2015MullyNoYesDocumentary; credited as executive producer
2015Living in the Age of AirplanesNoYesDocumentary; credited as executive producer
2015AuschwitzYesNoDocumentary short
2014FarmlandYesYesDocumentary
2012Always FaithfulNoYesDocumentary
2011A Path to HonorNoYesTV Series documentary; credited as executive producer
2011Foo Fighters: Back and ForthYesYesWinner: Grammy Award for "Best Music Video, Long Form"[6]
2010Murder by Proxy: How America Went PostalNoYesDocumentary
2010When I RiseNoYesDocumentary
2008Running the SaharaYesYesDocumentary
2008New Kids on the Block: A Behind the Music SpecialNoYesTV Movie documentary; credited as executive producer
2008A Timeless CallNoYesDocumentary short
2006InheritanceYesYesWinner: Emmy Award for "Outstanding Interview"[7] – also credited as editor
2006Ten Days that Unexpectedly Changed America: Massacre at MysticYesYesTV Series documentary
2004The Four Chaplains: Sacrifice at SeaYesYesTV Movie documentary
2004A Remarkable PromiseYesYesShort film
2004Voices from the ListNoYesVideo documentary; credited as producer and executive producer
2003Burma Bridge BustersYesYesTV Movie documentary
2002Price for PeaceYesYesDocumentary
2002I RememberNoYesDocumentary
2002Broken SilenceNoYesTV Mini-Series documentary
2000Eyes of the HolocaustNoYesDocumentary
1998The Last DaysYesNoWinner: Academy Award for "Best Documentary (Feature)"[8] – also credited as editor
1997The Lost Children of BerlinNoYesDocumentary; credited as executive producer
1996Survivors of the HolocaustNoYesWinner: Emmy Award for "Outstanding Informational Special"[9]
1992Out on a LimbNoYesComedy; credited as associate producer

Notes
  1. Moll served as an executive producer of the entire docu-series and directed three of the eight episodes.[2]

References
  1. "James Moll: Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  2. "Medal of Honor". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  3. Joel Jeller (November 9, 2018). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Medal Of Honor' On Netflix, Profiling The Selfless Acts Of Soldiers That Earned The U.S. Military's Highest Honor". Decider. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  4. Denise Petski (October 4, 2018). "Netflix Sets 'Medal Of Honor' Military Docuseries Produced By James Moll & Robert Zemeckis". Deadline. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  5. Deborah Vankin (November 11, 2017). "Shepard Fairey: Have we lost the 'street' in street art?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  6. "WINNERS: Best Music Video, Long Form". www.grammy.com. Recording Academy. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  7. "30th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT NEW YORK CITY GALA" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  8. "THE 71ST ACADEMY AWARDS". Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  9. "Survivors Of The Holocaust". Emmys.com. National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  10. "James Moll". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
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