Directing
Tom Tykwer
May 23, 1965 (61 years) 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
8.2
Inglourious Basterds
Thanks
6.9
Cloud Atlas
Screenplay, Producer, Director, Music, Original Music Composer
6.3
The Matrix Resurrections
Original Music Composer
7.4
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
7.9
Downfall
Thanks
7.7
Sense8
Director
7.3
Run Lola Run
Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
7.7
Babylon Berlin
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Executive Producer, Creator
6.3
The International
Director, Original Music Composer
6.8
Paris Je T'aime
Director, Music, Writer
5.8
A Hologram for the King
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
6.5
Heaven
Director
6.1
Looop Lapeta
Original Story
7.0
The Princess and the Warrior
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
7.6
Gigantic
Producer
Filmography
I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming
2027 · Producer
Kochschule Schwarz
2026 · Producer
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025 · Self - Interviewee
6.6
The Light
2025 · Producer, Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer
6.1
Looop Lapeta
2022 · Original Story
6.3
The Matrix Resurrections
2021 · Original Music Composer
7.0
Lusala
2019 · Executive Producer
7.4
Supa Modo
2018 · Producer
7.7
Babylon Berlin
2017 · Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Executive Producer, Creator
5.8
A Hologram for the King
2016 · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
7.0
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
2015 · Self
7.7
Sense8
2015 · Director
9.0
How I Learned to Love the Numbers
2014 · Self
6.8
Something Necessary
2013 · Producer
5.2
Rosakinder
2012 · Self
6.9
Cloud Atlas
2012 · Screenplay, Producer, Director, Music, Original Music Composer
4.2
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011 · Director
6.1
Three
2010 · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
6.3
Soul Boy
2010 · Producer, Supervising Technical Director
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
2009
8.2
Inglourious Basterds
2009 · Thanks
6.3
The International
2009 · Director, Original Music Composer
5.8
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
2009 · Director
7.9
Critic
2008 · Self
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
2008 · Self
5.5
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
2007 · Producer
8.0
Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
2006 · Himself
7.4
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006 · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
6.8
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Director, Music, Writer
6.7
A Friend of Mine
2006 · Producer