Cast & creator
Tom Tykwer
Best known for ZIBB, Morgenmagazin, Die Harald Schmidt Show
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).
79
film credits
22
television credits
27
1948–2027 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (101)
Showing 101 of 101 credits
ZIBB
Self
2003
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
Taff
self
19973 nach 9
Self
1974
Babylon Berlin
Director
2017Babylon Berlin
Writer
2017Babylon Berlin
Executive Producer
2017Babylon Berlin
Original Music Composer
2017Babylon Berlin
Creator
2017
Bambi
Self
1948
Inglourious Basterds
Thanks
2009
Kulturzeit
self
1995German Film Award
Self
1951G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten
Self
2005
Sense8
Director
2015Grimme Award
Self
1964Goldene Kamera
Self - Presenter
1984
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Screenplay
2006Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Original Music Composer
2006Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Director
2006
Run Lola Run
Director
1998Run Lola Run
Screenplay
1998Run Lola Run
Original Music Composer
1998
The Matrix Resurrections
Original Music Composer
2021Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979
Deutscher Fernsehpreis
Self
1999
Cloud Atlas
Screenplay
2012Cloud Atlas
Producer
2012Cloud Atlas
Director
2012Cloud Atlas
Music
2012Cloud Atlas
Original Music Composer
2012
The International
Director
2009The International
Original Music Composer
2009
Downfall
Thanks
2004
Paris Je T'aime
Director
2006Paris Je T'aime
Music
2006Paris Je T'aime
Writer
2006
A Hologram for the King
Director
2016A Hologram for the King
Screenplay
2016A Hologram for the King
Original Music Composer
2016NeXt
Self
1994
Heaven
Director
2002
Looop Lapeta
Original Story
2022
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
2025
The Princess and the Warrior
Screenplay
2000The Princess and the Warrior
Director
2000The Princess and the Warrior
Original Music Composer
2000
Gigantic
Producer
1999
Three
Screenplay
2010Three
Director
2010Three
Original Music Composer
2010
Life Is All You Get
Screenplay
1997
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2011
Something Necessary
Producer
2013
A Friend of Mine
Producer
2006
The Light
Producer
2025The Light
Screenplay
2025The Light
Director
2025The Light
Original Music Composer
2025
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
Director
2009
Epilog
Director
1992Epilog
Writer
1992Epilog
Original Music Composer
1992
Soundless
Producer
2004
Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen
Self
2015
Because
Director
1990Because
Writer
1990Because
Original Music Composer
1990
I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming
Producer
2027
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
Producer
2007
Deadly Maria
Director
1993Deadly Maria
Screenplay
1993Deadly Maria
Original Music Composer
1993Deadly Maria
Producer
1993
How I Learned to Love the Numbers
Self
2014
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
Director
2006Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
Self
2008
Zyklopen-Uschi
Assistant Camera
1984
Critic
Self
2008
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
Self
2008
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
2009In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
Self
2004
Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
Himself
2006Who is Helene Schwarz?
Self
2005
Winter Sleepers
Director
1997Winter Sleepers
Screenplay
1997Winter Sleepers
Original Music Composer
1997
True
Director
2004True
Original Music Composer
2004True
Screenplay
2004
Kochschule Schwarz
Producer
2026
Soul Boy
Producer
2010Soul Boy
Supervising Technical Director
2010Man in Things
Director
2008
Supa Modo
Producer
2018
Rosakinder
Self
2012Rosakinder
Director
2012
Lusala
Executive Producer
2019