Tom Tykwer

1965 (61) • Directing

Born: 5/23/1965 (61) in Wuppertal, Germany

Known for: Directing

Tom Tykwer

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

Inglourious Basterds

82%

Thanks

2009

Cloud Atlas

69%

Producer

2012

The Matrix Resurrections

63%

Original Music Composer

2021

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

74%

Director

2006

Downfall

79%

Thanks

2004

Run Lola Run

73%

Director

1998

Sense8

77%

Director

2015

The International

63%

Director

2009

I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming

Producer

2027

Kochschule Schwarz

Producer

2026

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

Self - Interviewee

2025

The Light

66%

Producer

2025

The Light

66%

Screenplay

2025

The Light

66%

Director

2025

The Light

66%

Original Music Composer

2025

Looop Lapeta

61%

Original Story

2022

The Matrix Resurrections

63%

Original Music Composer

2021

Lusala

70%

Executive Producer

2019

Supa Modo

74%

Producer

2018

Babylon Berlin

77%

Creator

2017

Babylon Berlin

77%

Executive Producer

2017

Babylon Berlin

77%

Original Music Composer

2017

Babylon Berlin

77%

Director

2017

Babylon Berlin

77%

Writer

2017

A Hologram for the King

59%

Director

2016

A Hologram for the King

59%

Screenplay

2016

A Hologram for the King

59%

Original Music Composer

2016

Sense8

77%

Director

2015

Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen

70%

Self

2015

How I Learned to Love the Numbers

90%

Self

2014

Something Necessary

68%

Producer

2013

Cloud Atlas

69%

Producer

2012

Cloud Atlas

69%

Director

2012

Cloud Atlas

69%

Screenplay

2012

Cloud Atlas

69%

Music

2012

Cloud Atlas

69%

Original Music Composer

2012