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Tom Tykwer
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Wuppertal, Germany
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
- What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas — Self - Interviewee2025
- Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen — Self2015
- How I Learned to Love the Numbers — Self2014
- Rosakinder — Self2012
- On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema2009
- Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte — Self2008
- Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben — Self2008
- Critic — Self2008
- Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood — Himself2006
- Who is Helene Schwarz? — Self2005
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1965
Discography
Member of
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- Listeners
- 132,841
- Total plays
- 1,460,236
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Tom Tykwer (born May 23, 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany) is a German film director and music composer. Director of german film Run Lola Run Director of "Perfume The Story Of a Murderer" <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Tykwer">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1965-05-23 ) 23 May 1965 (age 61) , Wuppertal , West Germany
- Occupations
- Film director , screenwriter , film composer
- Years active
- 1986–present
- Spouse
- Marie Steinmann ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2009 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tom
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Wuppertal
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Cloud Atlas
- Official website
- www.tomtykwer.com
- Image
- MKr350743 Tom Tykwer (NRW-Empfang, Berlinale 2024).jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
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- Tom Tykwer
- date of birth
- 1965-05-23
- unmarried partner
- Franka Potente
- member of
- Deutsche Filmakademie
- name in native language
- Tom Tykwer
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
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Works in European collections
9 objects attributed to Tom Tykwer, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Tom Tykwer ( German: [ˈtɪkvɐ]; born 23 May 1965) 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). 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–).
Early life
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