
Tom Tykwer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 23, 1965
- Birthplace
- 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).
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
as Self - Interviewee

The Light 2025
Producer, Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer

Looop Lapeta 2022
Original Story

The Matrix Resurrections 2021
Original Music Composer

Lusala 2019
Executive Producer

Supa Modo 2018
Producer

A Hologram for the King 2016
Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer

Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen 2015
as Self

How I Learned to Love the Numbers 2014
as Self

Something Necessary 2013
Producer

Cloud Atlas 2012
Producer, Director, Screenplay, Music, Original Music Composer

Rosakinder 2012
as Self, Director

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero 2011
Director

Three 2010
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer

Soul Boy 2010
Producer, Supervising Technical Director

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

Inglourious Basterds 2009
Thanks

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

The International 2009
Director, Original Music Composer

Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben 2008
as Self
- Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte 2008
as Self

Critic 2008
as Self
- Man in Things
Man in Things 2008
Director

The Heart Is a Dark Forest 2007
Producer

A Friend of Mine 2006
Producer

Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood 2006
as Himself

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 2006
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer

Paris Je T'aime 2006
Director, Music, Writer

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) 2006
Director
- Who is Helene Schwarz?
Who is Helene Schwarz? 2005
as Self
- In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema 2004
as Self

Downfall 2004
Thanks

Soundless 2004
Producer

True 2004
Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Director

Heaven 2002
Director

The Princess and the Warrior 2000
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer

Gigantic 1999
Producer

Run Lola Run 1998
Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Director

Winter Sleepers 1997
Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Director

Life Is All You Get 1997
Screenplay

Deadly Maria 1993
Director, Producer, Original Music Composer, Screenplay

Epilog 1992
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer

Because 1990
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer

Zyklopen-Uschi 1984
Assistant Camera
Credits from TMDB.