Inheritance

Director: James Moll (Academy Award Winner)

"Inheritance" is the story of Monika Hertwig and her journey to accept the truth about her father, Nazi commander, Amon Goeth. As part of Monika's search for information, she reaches out to a woman who had been enslaved by Monika's father during the war. More than sixty-years after Monika's father was executed for his war crimes, in a historic and painful moment, these two women meet, bringing closure, yet raising new questions.

Genre: Documentary

Awards:

2009 - Best Documentary, News and Documentary Emmy Awards, 2009

2007 - Winners of the award Discovery of the Year, Original Score in the World Soundtrack Awards – Flanders International Film Festival, Belgium

2006 - Hamptons Film Festival
“THE BRIZZOLARA FAMILY AWARD FOR FILMS OF CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION” INHERITANCE, directed by James Moll

JAMES MOLL

Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. Moll established Allentown Productions, a film/video company, for which he wrote, produced and directed dozens of promotional, educational, and industrial films
In addition to his work as a filmmaker, Moll established and operated The Shoah Foundation with Steven Spielberg for the purpose of videotaping Holocaust survivor testimonies around the world. The Foundation succeeded in videotaping over 50,000 testimonies, in 57 countries. Moll continues to serve the Shoah Foundation as a Founding Director.

Filmography

Producer:
1. Running the Sahara (2007) (post-production) (producer)
2. Inheritance (2006/I) (producer)
3. Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: Massacre at Mystic (2006) (TV) (producer)
4. The Four Chaplains: Sacrifice at Sea (2004) (TV) (producer)
5. A Remarkable Promise (2004) (producer)
6. Voices from the List (2004) (V) (executive producer) (producer)
7. Burma Bridge Busters (2003) (TV) (producer)
8. Price for Peace (2002) (producer)
9. "Broken Silence" (2002) (mini) TV Series (producer)
10. Pamietam (2002) (producer)
... aka I Remember (USA)
11. A Holocaust szemei (2000) (producer)
... aka Eyes of the Holocaust (International: English title) (USA)
12. The Lost Children of Berlin (1997) (executive producer)
13. Survivors of the Holocaust (1996) (TV) (producer)
14. Out on a Limb (1992) (associate producer)

Director:
1. Documentary Foo Fighters: Back and Forth (2011)
2. Running the Sahara (2007) (post-production)
3. Inheritance (2006/I)
4. Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: Massacre at Mystic (2006) (TV)
5. The Four Chaplains: Sacrifice at Sea (2004) (TV)
6. A Remarkable Promise (2004)
7. Burma Bridge Busters (2003) (TV)
8. Price for Peace (2002)

Awards

· 1999. Winner. Academy Awards USA – Oscar-
Best Documentary, Features
for: The Last Days (1998)

· 1999. Nominated- American Cinema Editors, USA
Best Edited Documentary Film
for: The Last Days (1998)

· 1996. Winner. Emmy Awards
Outstanding Informational Special
for: Survivors of the Holocaust (1996) (TV)

· 1997. Winner. Amicus Scholarship Award
for: Survivors of the Holocaust (1996)