Tom Tykwer

Tom Tykwer

1965-05-23 Wuppertal, Germany 43 Credits

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).

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The Light

The Light

2025

Producer, Screenplay, Director

6.0
Producing Writing Directing

A portrait of a modern family between collapse and new beginnings dealing with the big issues of our times, in a world that is reeling. Tim, Milena, t...

Looop Lapeta

Looop Lapeta

2022

Original Story

6.1
Writing

When her boyfriend loses a mobster's cash, Savi races against the clock to save the day — if only she can break out of a curious cycle of dead ends.

The Matrix Resurrections

The Matrix Resurrections

2021

Original Music Composer

6.4

Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.

Lusala

Lusala

2019

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

Lusala, adopted by an affluent Nairobi family a decade ago is imposed on to leave home and start on his own. Eager and willing at first, he makes the ...

Supa Modo

Supa Modo

2018

Producer

7.5
Producing

Jo, a witty 9-year old terminally ill girl is taken back to her rural village to live out the rest of her short life. Her only comfort during these du...

A Hologram for the King

A Hologram for the King

2016

Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer

5.8
Directing Writing

Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Ea...

Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen

Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen

2015

as Self

7.0
Acting

Documentary about German film critic Michael Althen.

How I Learned to Love the Numbers

How I Learned to Love the Numbers

2014

as Self

9.0
Acting

How I Learned to Love the Numbers is a New York film and at the same time the study of a young man suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OC...

Something Necessary

Something Necessary

2013

Producer

6.8
Producing

SOMETHING NECESSARY is an intimate moment in the lives of Anne and Joseph. A woman struggling to rebuild her life after the civil unrest that swept Ke...

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

2012

Screenplay, Producer, Director

6.9
Writing Producing Directing

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and con...

Rosakinder

Rosakinder

2012

as Self

5.2
Acting

Five German directors celebrate the influence that famed filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has had on their careers in honor of his 70th birthday. After di...

Rosakinder

Rosakinder

2012

Director

5.2
Directing

Five German directors celebrate the influence that famed filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has had on their careers in honor of his 70th birthday. After di...

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

2011

Director

3.8
Directing

An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was ...

Three

Three

2010

Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer

6.1
Writing Directing

Hanna and Simon are in a 20 year marriage with an unexciting relationship. By chance, they both meet and start separate affairs with Adam. Adam has no...

Soul Boy

Soul Boy

2010

Producer, Supervising Technical Director

6.8
Producing Directing

Abila (14) lives in one of the most miserable slums in Africa. His girlfriend Shiku belongs to a different tribe, as the result of which he is not rea...

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

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

2009

Acting

You say you’re interested in film and you’ve never been to the Moviemento? You are hereby put on cineastic probation – at least until you watch Bernd ...

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

2009

Thanks

8.2

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throug...

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

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

2009

Director

5.8
Directing

Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country.

The International

The International

2009

Director, Original Music Composer

6.2
Directing

An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading...

Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben

2008

as Self

Acting

Vera Tschechowa, actress and filmmaker and a close friend of Michael Ballhaus. One of Germany's stars of cinematography, embarks on the journey throug...

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

2008

as Self

6.3
Acting

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German f...

Critic

Critic

2008

as Self

7.9
Acting

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 20...

The Heart Is a Dark Forest

The Heart Is a Dark Forest

2007

Producer

5.8
Producing

A woman's life is destroyed when she discovers that her husband has another family.

A Friend of Mine

A Friend of Mine

2006

Producer

6.7
Producing

An introverted insurance executive at a car rental service is annoyed by his hyperactive, garrulous coworker, but the two end up becoming friends.

Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood

Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood

2006

as Himself

8.0
Acting

Featuring interviews with daughter Nicola Lubitsch, film historians Enno Patalas and Jan-Christopher Horak and filmmaker Tom Tykwer (among others), Er...

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

2006

Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Director

7.4
Writing Directing

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest pe...

Paris Je T'aime

Paris Je T'aime

2006

Director, Music, Writer

6.8
Directing Writing

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories,...

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

2006

Director

6.0
Directing

A collection of short films by 16 European directors.

Who is Helene Schwarz?

Who is Helene Schwarz?

2005

as Self

Acting

Only the chosen few know this woman who started working as a secretary for the German Film and Television Academy (DFFB) on 13 February, 1966. The pat...

Downfall

Downfall

2004

Thanks

7.9

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking fr...

Soundless

Soundless

2004

Producer

6.3
Producing

Viktor, a methodical hit man, probably on his last job, has no plan for his retirement. He does not kill Nina, a woman sleeping beside his latest mark...

True

True

2004

Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Writing

While he's receiving an enigmatic phone call from his girlfriend Francine, Thomas remembers the milestones of their relationship, from the very moment...

Heaven

Heaven

2002

Director

6.4
Directing

Cate Blanchett stars as Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, who has seen many friends, including her husband, fall victim to drug over...

The Princess and the Warrior

The Princess and the Warrior

2000

Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer

7.0
Writing Directing

Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has...

Gigantic

Gigantic

1999

Producer

7.6
Producing

The Hamburg friends Walter, Ricco and Floyd take each day as it comes between the estates of tower blocks and fast food restaurants. All three are in ...

Run Lola Run

Run Lola Run

1998

Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer

7.3
Directing Writing

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise ...

Wintersleepers

Wintersleepers

1997

Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer

7.0
Directing Writing

Young blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Rene, local cinema...

Life Is All You Get

Life Is All You Get

1997

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

After he loses his job, his father, and his girlfriend, Jan's life is a shambles. Then suddenly he meets freakish street musician Vera, and a bittersw...

Deadly Maria

Deadly Maria

1993

Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer

5.7
Directing Writing Producing

40-year Maria is living in a monotonous and deadlocked marriage with her husband. In addition, she has to take care of her ill despotic father. One da...

Epilog

Epilog

1992

Director, Writer, Original Music Composer

5.7
Directing Writing

A love story has come to its end. When a man steps into the room where his beloved one lives, she tells him to go and that she doesn't want to see him...

Because

Because

1990

Director, Writer, Original Music Composer

4.2
Directing Writing

Tanja and Martin are a couple in their late twenties. They meet back at their apartment late one evening, in bed. Weren’t we supposed to meet up this ...

Zyklopen-Uschi

Zyklopen-Uschi

1984

Assistant Camera

1998: After being committed to a drunkard's home by her friend Uschi, Edith is released 16 years later. Now she can finally take revenge on Uschi - by...

Man in Things

N/A

Director

Directing