TYKWER, Tom 1965–

(Tykwer)

PERSONAL

Born May 23, 1965, in Wuppertal, Germany.

Addresses: Office—X-Filme Creative Pool, BulowstraBe 90, Gartenhaus, Berlin, 10783 Germany. Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Producer, director, screenwriter, and composer. X-Filme Creative Pool (production company) cofounder, with Stefan Arndt; Pale 3 (band), cofounder, with Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil.

Awards, Honors: Best New Director Promotional Award, Hof International Film Festival, 1993, Special Jury Award, Sochi International Film Festival, 1994, Bavarian Film Award, best young direction, 1995, all for Die Todliche Maria; Audience Award, FIPRESCI Prize, international competition, and Golden Alexander nomination, all Thessaloniki Film Festival, Golden Leopard nomination, Locarno International Film Festival, Best Director Award and Grand Prix Asturias nomination, best feature, both Gijon International Film Festival, 1997, Guild Film Award—silver, Guild of German Art House Cinemas, German Film, 1998, all for Winterschlafer; Prize of the City of Hof, Hof International Film Festival, 1998; Critics Award, German Critics Association Awards, 1998; Golden Lion nomination, Venice Film Festival, 1998, Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival, Guild Film Award-gold, Guild of German Art House Cinemas, German Film, Ernst Lubitsch Award, 1999, Independent Spirit Award, best foreign film, Edgar Award nomination, best motion picture, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, Czech Lion nomination, best foreign language film, Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination (with Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil), best original score, Film Award nomination (with Stefan Arndt), best film not in English language, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2000, Cinema Brazil Grand Prize nomination, best foreign film, 2001, all for Lola rennt; Emerging Masters Showcase Award, Seattle International Film Festival, 1999; Grand Prix Asturias nomination, Gijon International Film Festival, best feature, 2000. Golden Arena, Pula Film Festival, European competition: Special Cineaesthetic Values, Guild Film Award-gold, Guild of German Art House Cinemas, German Film, 2001, Audience Award and Aurora Award-special mention, both Tromso International Film Festival, 2002, all for Der krieger und die kaiserin; Guild Film Award-gold, Guild of German Art House Cinemas, German Film, Golden Berlin Bear nomination, Berlin International Film Festival, 2002, both for Heaven; Short Film Award in Gold, German Short Film Award, outstanding short film—under 30 Minutes length, Golden Berlin Bear nomination, best short film, Berlin International Film Festival, 2004, both for True.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Producer and director, Because, 1990.

Producer and director, Epilog, 1992.

Cinematographer, Drei drachen vom grill, 1992.

Producer and director, Die Toedliche Maria (also known as Deadly Maria), United International Pictures, 1994.

Director, Winterschlaefer (also known as Winter Sleepers and Wintersleepers), 1997.

Director and editor, Lola rennt (also known as Run Lola Run and Lola Runs), Sony Pictures Classics, 1998.

Producer, Absolute Giganten (also known as Gigantics and Gigantic), 1999.

Director, Der krieger und die kaiserin (also known as The Princess and the Warrior, Der krieger + die kaiserin, and The Warrior and the Empress), Sony Pictures Classics, 2000.

Director and pianist, Heaven, Miramax, 2002.

(Uncredited) Editor, Good Bye Lenin! (also known as Goodbye Lenin!), Sony Pictures Classics, 2003.

Producer, Lautlos, X Verleih AG, 2004.

Director, True (short), 2004.

Producer, Underexposure (documentary), X Verleih AG, 2005.

Producer, Ein Freund von mir, 2005.

Coproducer, Ich dich auch, X Verleih AG, 2006, "10th arrondissement," Paris je t'aime, Celsius Entertainment, 2006.

Director, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (also known as Das Parfum), DreamWorks, 2006.

Film Appearances:

Himself, Wer ist Helene Schwarz? (documentary), 2005.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Because, 1990.

Epilog, 1992.

Die Toedliche Maria (also known as Deadly Maria), United International Pictures, 1994.

Das leben ist eine baustelle (also known as Life Is All You Get), City Screen Ltd., 1996.

Winterschlaefer (also known as Winter Sleepers and Wintersleepers), 1997.

Lola rennt (also known as Run Lola Run and Lola Runs), Sony Pictures Classics, 1998.

Der krieger und die kaiserin (also known as The Princess and the Warrior, Der krieger + die kaiserin, and The Warrior and the Empress), Sony Pictures Classics, 2000.

True (short), 2004.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (also known as Das Parfum), DreamWorks, 2006.

Film Scores:

Because, 1990.

Epilog, 1992.

Die Toedliche Maria (also known as Deadly Maria), United International Pictures, 1994.

Winterschlaefer (also known as Winter Sleepers and Wintersleepers), 1997.

Lola rennt (also known as Run Lola Run and Lola Runs), Sony Pictures Classics, 1998.

(As Tykwer) Der krieger und die kaiserin (also known as The Princess and the Warrior, Der krieger + die kaiserin, and The Warrior and the Empress), Sony Pictures Classics, 2000.

(Additional score) Heaven, Miramax, 2002.

True (short), 2004.

"10th arrondissement," Paris je t'aime, Celsius Entertainment, 2006.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (also known as Das Parfum), DreamWorks, 2006.

Ich dich auch, X Verleih AG, 2006.

Film Songs:

Created "In Your Head," The Matrix: Revolutions.

Books:

(With Michael Ballhaus) Flying Eye, Berlin Verlag, 2002.