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Tom Tykwer

Directing

Born May 23, 1965 · Wuppertal, Germany

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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).

Awards & recognition

  • Herbert Strate Award · 2005
  • Deutscher Fernsehpreis/Best Music
  • German Film Award
  • European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2007 · nominated
  • European Film Award - People's Choice Award — Best Director · 2001 · nominated
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  • European Film Award — Best Film · 1998 · nominated

Filmography17 titles

Inglourious Basterds

2009Thanks

Downfall

2004Thanks

Babylon Berlin

2017Creator, Director, Executive Producer, Original Music Composer, Writer

Sense8

2015Director

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

2006Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

Run Lola Run

1998Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

Cloud Atlas

2012Director, Music, Original Music Composer, Producer, Screenplay

The Princess and the Warrior

2000Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

Something Necessary

2013Producer

Soul Boy

2010Producer, Supervising Technical Director

Paris, Je T'aime

2006Director, Music, Writer

Heaven

2002Director

The Matrix Resurrections

2021Original Music Composer

The International

2009Director, Original Music Composer

Looop Lapeta

2022Original Story

3

2010Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

A Hologram for the King

2016Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay