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.
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).
