Tom Tykwer

23.05.1965, Wuppertal, Germany

 

Director

Tykwer is a German director and screenwriter. He made his first short film, Because, in 1990, and in 1993 the first feature film Deadly Maria (Die Tödliche Maria). Afterwards he made Winter Sleepers (Winterschläfer, 1997), Run, Lola, run (Lola rennt, 1998), The Princess and the Warrior (Der Krieger und die Kaiserin, 2000). His film Heaven (2002) was made in English.

Filmography


Films by this director

The Princess and the Warrior

(Der Krieger und die Kaiserin, 2000)

Directed by: Tom Tykwer
PHOTOGRAPHY: Frank Griebe
Synopsis:

A petty thief, Bodo (Benno Fürmann), finds himself at the scene of a traffic accident and saves Sissi’s (Franka Potente) life. Afterwards he disappears. Sissi cannot forget the whole event and decides to find her savior…

color, 135 minuta

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

(2006)

Directed by: Tom Tykwer
PHOTOGRAPHY: Frank Griebe
Synopsis:

The story takes place in the 18th century in France. Since childhood, young Jean-Baptiste Grenouille has had a great sense of smell. Even though he does not have any scent at all, he becomes a talented creator of perfumes. Obsessed with his wish to make the perfect perfume he wants to capture the essence of beautiful young girls. Over time, his quest for perfume becomes a killing spree and soon there is great panic in the city as there is a rising number of murdered young women. But Jean Baptist...

color, 35 mm, 147 min

Babylon Berlin

(Germany, 2017)

Directed by: Tom Tykwer
PHOTOGRAPHY: Bernd Fischer, Frank Griebe, Philipp Haberlandt
Synopsis:

First season of tv this series.

color, 372' (1. sezona, 8 epizoda)
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