Tom Tykwer
German film director, screenwriter, film producer and film composer · Germany · On the map · Directors · Born 1965 · age 61
Tom Tykwer is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing the thriller films Run Lola Run (1998), Heaven (2002), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), and The International (2009).
Tom Tykwer is read about 709 times a day, in 40 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 3 November 2026
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Something wrong?A life in dates
The LightFilm, Director, Writer2018
Supa ModoFilm, Producer2017
Babylon BerlinSeries, Director, Writer2015
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael AlthenFilm2013
Something NecessaryFilm, Producer2011
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroFilm, Director2009
Germany '09 - 13 Short Films About the State of the NationFilm, Director2008Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche FilmgeschichteFilm2006
A Friend of MineFilm, Producer2005Herbert Strate AwardAwardG&G - Gesichter und GeschichtenSeries2004In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the CinemaFilm2003ZIBBSeries2000
The Princess and the WarriorFilm, Director, Writer1998The Johannes B. Kerner ShowSeries
Run Lola RunFilm, 1998Director, Writer1995
Die Harald Schmidt ShowSeries1994NeXtSeries1993
Deadly MariaFilm, Director, Writer1990
BecauseFilm, Director, Writer1984Goldene KameraSeries19743 nach 9Series1965Born23 May 1965People around Tom
Close ties
Ben Whishaw Tom directed Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Joachim Król Tom directed Run Lola Run (1998)
Sebastian Schipper Tom directed Run Lola Run (1999)
Stefan Arndt Produced Deadly Maria and Life Is All You Get
Benno Fürmann Tom directed Babylon Berlin
Josef Bierbichler Tom directed Winter Sleepers and Deadly Maria
Peter Jordan Tom directed Babylon Berlin
Heino Ferch Tom directed Run Lola Run and Winter Sleepers
Ludger Pistor Tom directed Run Lola Run (1999)
Sabin Tambrea Tom directed Babylon Berlin and Three
Peter Franke Tom produced Absolute Giganten (1999)
Tom Hanks Tom produced Cloud Atlas (2012)
Franka Potente Tom directed Run Lola Run (1998)
Otto Sander Tom directed Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Bae Doona Tom directed Cloud Atlas and Sense8
Lars Eidinger Tom directed Babylon Berlin and The Light
Monica Bleibtreu Tom directed Run Lola Run (1999)
Martin Wuttke Tom directed Cloud Atlas and Babylon Berlin
Jeanette Hain Tom directed Babylon Berlin and Germany 09
Nina Petri Tom directed Run Lola Run and Deadly Maria
Devid Striesow Tom directed Three (2010)
Marie Gruber Tom directed Babylon Berlin and Three
Toby Onwumere Tom directed Sense8
Marc Hosemann Tom directed Babylon Berlin
Known for
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Gigantic 1999
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 2006
Run Lola Run 1998
True 2004
The Princess and the Warrior 2000
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
101 credits on file
Television 18
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
He collaborated with The Wachowskis as co-director for the science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012) and the Netflix series Sense8 (2015-2018), and worked on the score for Lana Wachowski's The Matrix Resurrections (2021). Tykwer is also well known as the co-creator of the internationally acclaimed German television series Babylon Berlin (2017-).
