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Tom Tykwer

Tom Tykwer

Tom Tykwer

1965-05-23

Wuppertal, Germany

Age: 60

DIRECTING

Biography

Tom Tykwer (German: [ˈtɪkvɐ]; born 23 May 1965) is a German film director, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing Run Lola Run (1998), Heaven (2002), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), and The International (2009).

Best known for:

Inglourious Basterds

Cloud Atlas

The Matrix Resurrections

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Downfall

Run Lola Run

Sense8

The International

A Hologram for the King

Paris Je T'aime

Babylon Berlin

Heaven

The Princess and the Warrior

Gigantic

True

Three

A Friend of Mine

Looop Lapeta

Wintersleepers

Life Is All You Get

Supa Modo

Soundless

Deadly Maria

Critic

Epilog

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Filmography:

Zyklopen-Uschi (1984)
WORK AS:
Assistant Camera
Because (1990)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
Epilog (1992)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
Deadly Maria (1993)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
Wintersleepers (1997)
5.7
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Director
Life Is All You Get (1997)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Run Lola Run (1998)
6.2
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Director
Gigantic (1999)
6.4
WORK AS:
Producer

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The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
5.7
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Heaven (2002)
5.1
WORK AS:
Director
Downfall (2004)
7.1
WORK AS:
Thanks
Soundless (2004)
WORK AS:
Producer
True (2004)
5.5
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Director
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
6.6
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
A Friend of Mine (2006)
5.4
WORK AS:
Producer
Paris Je T'aime (2006)
5.4
WORK AS:
Director, Music, Writer

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Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) (2006)
WORK AS:
Director
The Heart Is a Dark Forest (2007)
WORK AS:
Producer
The International (2009)
5.1
WORK AS:
Director, Original Music Composer
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
8
WORK AS:
Thanks
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation (2009)
WORK AS:
Director
Three (2010)
4.7
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Soul Boy (2010)
WORK AS:
Producer, Supervising Technical Director
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
WORK AS:
Director
Cloud Atlas (2012)
6.6
WORK AS:
Producer, Director, Screenplay, Music
Something Necessary (2013)
WORK AS:
Producer
Sense8 (2015)
6.7
WORK AS:
Director
A Hologram for the King (2016)
4.6
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer
Babylon Berlin (2017)
6.6
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Original Music Composer, Creator
Supa Modo (2018)
WORK AS:
Producer
Lusala (2019)
WORK AS:
Executive Producer
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
6
WORK AS:
Original Music Composer
Looop Lapeta (2022)
4.8
WORK AS:
Original Story
The Light (2025)
WORK AS:
Producer, Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer