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German film director, screenwriter, film producer and film composer

Person · Open Library

Born
1965
Works
4

Top works

  • Der Krieger + die Kaiserin
  • Der Krieger + die Kaiserin
  • Lola Rennt
  • Drei

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Film & TV

Directing · 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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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>

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

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Works
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Cited by
85

Research areas

ArtDie (integrated circuit)SociologyComputer scienceOperating system

Most cited works

  • An Investigation into the Factors Determining the Success of Service Innovations: The Case of Motion Pictures2001 · 84 cit
  • Die tödliche Maria1993 · 1 cit
  • Lola rennt : film1998 · 0 cit
  • Das Parfum : das Buch zum Film2006 · 0 cit
  • Lola běží o život.2000 · 0 cit

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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

Official website
www.tomtykwer.com
Image
MKr350743 Tom Tykwer (NRW-Empfang, Berlinale 2024).jpg
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Tom Tykwer
date of birth
1965-05-23
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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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–).

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