Tom Tykwer

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Tom Tykwer

Directing 61 May 23, 1965

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 (…

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Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

8.2 2009 Movie
Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

6.9 2012 Movie
The Matrix Resurrections

The Matrix Resurrections

6.3 2021 Movie
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

7.4 2006 Movie
Downfall

Downfall

7.9 2004 Movie
Run Lola Run

Run Lola Run

7.3 1998 Movie
Sense8

Sense8

7.7 2015 TV Show
The International

The International

6.3 2009 Movie
A Hologram for the King

A Hologram for the King

5.8 2016 Movie
Die Harald Schmidt Show

Die Harald Schmidt Show

7.4 1995 TV Show
Paris Je T'aime

Paris Je T'aime

6.8 2006 Movie
Morgenmagazin

Morgenmagazin

5.3 1992 TV Show

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2027
    I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming

    Movie Producer

  2. 2026
    Kochschule Schwarz

    Movie Producer

  3. 2025
    What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas

    Movie Self - Interviewee

  4. 2025
    The Light

    Movie Producer

  5. 2022
    Looop Lapeta

    Movie Original Story

  6. 2021
    The Matrix Resurrections

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2019
    Lusala

    Movie Executive Producer

  8. 2018
    Supa Modo

    Movie Producer

  9. 2017
    Babylon Berlin

    TV show Director

  10. 2016
    A Hologram for the King

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 2015
    Sense8

    TV show Director

  12. 2015
    Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen

    Movie Self

  13. 2014
    How I Learned to Love the Numbers

    Movie Self

  14. 2013
    Something Necessary

    Movie Producer

  15. 2012
    Cloud Atlas

    Movie Producer

  16. 2012
    Rosakinder

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2011
    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    Movie Director

  2. 2010
    Three

    Movie Director

  3. 2010
    Soul Boy

    Movie Producer

  4. 2009
    On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema

    Movie

  5. 2009
    Inglourious Basterds

    Movie Thanks

  6. 2009
    Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation

    Movie Director

  7. 2009
    The International

    Movie Director

  8. 2008
    Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben

    Movie Self

  9. 2008
    Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

    Movie Self

  10. 2008
    Critic

    Movie Self

  11. 2008
    Man in Things

    Movie Director

  12. 2007
    The Heart Is a Dark Forest

    Movie Producer

  13. 2006
    A Friend of Mine

    Movie Producer

  14. 2006
    Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood

    Movie Himself

  15. 2006
    Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

    Movie Director

  16. 2006
    Paris Je T'aime

    Movie Director

  17. 2006
    Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

    Movie Director

  18. 2005
    G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten

    TV show Self

  19. 2005
    Who is Helene Schwarz?

    Movie Self

  20. 2004
    In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema

    Movie Self

  21. 2004
    Downfall

    Movie Thanks

  22. 2004
    Soundless

    Movie Producer

  23. 2004
    True

    Movie Screenplay

  24. 2003
    ZIBB

    TV show Self