Director, writer, producer and composer Tom Tykwer was born in 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany. He showed an interest in film-making from childhood, making super 8 films from the age of 11. Among his first jobs was working at a local art-house cinema. Tykwer eventually relocated to Berlin, first working as a film projectionist and then becoming head of programming at the Moviemento Theater.
Tykwer's friend, the director
Rosa von Praunheim, encouraged him to experiment with film-making and the result was the short
Because (1990). Other short films followed, and in 1993 Tykwer made his first full length feature
Deadly Maria (1993). Tykwer's international breakthrough came in 1998 with
Run Lola Run (1998), which was a hit with both audiences and critics alike. The film garnered many awards and was the most successful German film of the year.
Subsequent projects include
Heaven (2002),
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006),
The International (2009) and the ambitious epic
Cloud Atlas (2012).
The Light(2025)
Babylon Berlin(2017)
Sense8(2015)
A Hologram for the King(2016)
Rosakinder(2012)
Cloud Atlas(2012)
3(2010)
Lusala(2019)
Supa Modo(2018)
Veve(2014)
Something Necessary(2013)
Babylon Berlin in Concert(2023)
The Matrix Resurrections(2021)
Soul Boy(2010)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer(2006)
The Princess and the Warrior(2000)
Styx(2018)
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Die Unschärferelation der Liebe(2023)
Head Burst(2019)
Lara(2019)
Two Men in Suits(2018)
Valencia(2016)
Hollywood in Vienna(2011)
The International(2009)
The Condemned(2007)
What is an Ocean... Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas(2025)as Self - Interviewee
Arte Journal(1998)as Self
Días de cine(1991)as Self, Self - Interviewee
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin(1989)as Self
West.art(2001)as Self
Film Önü / Arkasi(2019)as Self
