Tom Tykwer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tom Tykwer
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	May 23, 1965(1965-05-23)
Age	59
Birthplace	Wuppertal
Country	Germany
Birth City	North Rhine-Westphalia
Horoscope	Taurus

Tom Tykwer Biography

Tom Tykwer is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on May 23, 1965 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Screenwriter and director for visually appealing films like Run Lola Run, Perfume: Story of a Murderer as well as Cloud Atlas.

His most notable Hollywood debut was in 2009, with The International with His major Hollywood debut came in 2009 with The International starring Clive Owen..

Tykwer was born in Wuppertal, West Germany. Fascinated by film from an early age, he started making amateur Super 8 films at the age of eleven. He later helped out at a local arthouse cinema in order to see more films, including those for which he was too young to buy tickets. After graduating from high school, he unsuccessfully applied to numerous film schools around Europe; he moved to Berlin where he worked as a projectionist. In 1987, at the age of 22, he became the programmer of the Moviemento cinema and became known to German directors as a film buff.

In Berlin, Tykwer met and befriended the filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim, who urged him to create stories from his own experience. He suggested, for example, that Tykwer record arguments with his girlfriend, and turn them into a short film. Because (1990) was screened at the Hof Film Festival and well received by the audience, which inspired Tykwer to continue pursuing filmmaking. He made a second short film, “Epilog” (1992), for which he took on personal financial debt, but he also gained valuable technical filmmaking experience. Tykwer wrote the screenplay for—and directed—his first feature film, the psychological thriller Deadly Maria. It aired on German television and had a limited theatrical release in Germany and the international film festival circuit.

Anton, his son Anton was born December of 2009.

Tom Tykwer Net Worth

Tom Tykwer is one of the richest Director from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tom Tykwer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began producing films for fun Super 8 films at the age of 11 years old.

The film of 2012 Cloud Atlas was a big-budget experiment in collaboration with him as well as Matrix director the Wachowskis.

Tom Tykwer (German: [ˈtɪkvɐ] ; born 23 May 1965) is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing the thriller films Run Lola Run (1998), Heaven (2002), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), and The International (2009). He collaborated with The Wachowskis as co-director for the science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012) and the Netflix series Sense8 (2015–2018). Tykwer is also well known as the co-creator of the internationally acclaimed German television series Babylon Berlin.

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Who is Tom Tykwer Dating?

According to our records, Tom Tykwer married to Marie Steinmann. As of December 1, 2023, Tom Tykwer’s is not dating anyone.

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He directed 2016’s A Hologram for the King, starring Tom Hanks and Sarita Choudhury, based on a novel by American novelist Dave Eggers.

Facts & Trivia

Tom Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Tom Tykwer celebrates birthday on May 23 of every year.

What is the purpose of Run Lola Run?

The Games of Run Lola Run As a cyberbabe, Lola is playing a game where her goal is to get 100,000 marks and reach Manni before 12 pm.In the film, the three episodes can be interpreted as the three levels that Lola gets to play the game and achieve her goal.

What language is Run Lola Run in?

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Who composed Cloud Atlas?

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Why is Lola's hair red in Run Lola Run?

Red is the only color in the film that has a shifting meaning. It changes from scene to scene. In the beginning of the film, red signifies danger such as the red phone that Lola uses when she finds out that Manni is in danger.