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Tom Tykwer

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Tom Tykwer

Born May 23, 1965 · 61 years64 titles 46 movies · 18 TV
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Biography

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).

Born

May 23, 1965

Wuppertal, Germany

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

27

Acting credits

23

Directing

16

Writing

29

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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