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Tom Tykwer

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Born: May 23, 1965
From: Wuppertal, Germany

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).

Known for

Cloud Atlas

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Run Lola Run

2015 Series 7.7

The International

A Hologram for the King

Paris Je T'aime

Babylon Berlin

2017 Series 7.8

Filmography

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2027

I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming

Production (Producer)

2026

Kochschule Schwarz

Production (Producer)

2025

What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas

Acting (Self - Interviewee)

Production (Producer) Writing (Screenplay) Directing (Director) Sound (Original Music Composer)

2022

Looop Lapeta

Writing (Original Story)

2021

The Matrix Resurrections

Sound (Original Music Composer)

2019

Production (Executive Producer)

2018

Production (Producer)

2017

Babylon Berlin

Directing (Director) 40 EPWriting (Writer) 40 EPSound (Original Music Composer) 28 EPProduction (Executive Producer) 8 EPCreating (Creator)

2016

A Hologram for the King

Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay) Sound (Original Music Composer)

2015

Directing (Director) 3 EP

Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen

Acting (Self)

2014

How I Learned to Love the Numbers

Acting (Self)

2013

Something Necessary

Production (Producer)

2012

Cloud Atlas

Writing (Screenplay) Production (Producer) Directing (Director) Sound (Music) Sound (Original Music Composer)

Acting (Self) Directing (Director)

2011

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

Directing (Director)

2010

Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay) Sound (Original Music Composer)

Production (Producer) Crew (Supervising Technical Director)

2009

On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema

Inglourious Basterds

Crew (Thanks)

Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation

Directing (Director)

The International

Directing (Director) Sound (Original Music Composer)

2008

Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben

Acting (Self)

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

Acting (Self)

Acting (Self)

Man in Things

Directing (Director)

2007

The Heart Is a Dark Forest

Production (Producer)

2006

A Friend of Mine

Production (Producer)

Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood

Acting (Himself)

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay) Sound (Original Music Composer)

Paris Je T'aime

Directing (Director) Sound (Music) Writing (Writer)