Tom Tykwer

Tom Tykwer

  • Born: 1965-5-23
  • Birthplace: Wuppertal
  • Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
  • Profession: Director, screenwriter, producer, composer
  • Nationality: Germany
  • Representative Works: Run Lola Run, The Story of a Murderer, Cloud Atlas, Babylon Berlin
  • Tom Tykwer (Tom Tykwer), born on May 23, 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany, is a German director, screenwriter, producer and composer.
    In 1990, directed his first short film "Because". In 1993, he directed his first feature feature film "Dying Maria", which was awarded the Best Picture Award by the Berlin Film Festival Critics Association. For this film, he won the Bavarian Film Award for Best New Director. In 1998, directed the crime love movie " Run Lola Run " [1]  , which won the 15th Sundance Film Festival Audience Award-World Film Division. In 2000, he directed the romantic movie " Der Krieger und die Kaiserin ", with which he was nominated for the 14th European Film Awards Audience Award-Best Director Award. In 2002, the horror film " Heaven " directed by him was released [2]  . In 2006, directed the crime film " The Story of a Murderer " [3]  , which was nominated for the 20th European Film Awards Audience Award-Best Picture Award. In 2012, co-directed the science fiction suspense film " Cloud Atlas " with The Wachowskis [4]  . In 2017, the directed crime drama " Babylon Berlin Season 1 " won the Best Overseas TV Drama Award at the 24th Shanghai TV Festival [5]  . In 2018, he served as the producer of the feature film "The Terminally Ill Girl"; in February, he served as the chairman of the jury for the main competition unit of the 68th Berlin Film Festival [6]  .

    Performing Experience

    In 1987, Tom Tykwer became the arranger of the TV show "Movie men to". In 1990, directed his first short film "Because". In 1992, directed the short film "Ending". In 1993, he directed his first feature film "Dying Maria", which was awarded the Best Picture Award by the Berlin Film Festival Critics Association. For this film, he won the Bavarian Film Award for Best New Director.
    In 1997, directed the love thriller film "Unexpected Winter", with which he was nominated for the 48th Gold Film Award-Best Director Award, and the film won the 48th Silver Film Award-Outstanding Feature Film Award; in the same year, he served as a comedy. The screenwriter of the movie " Life Is All You Get " directed by Wolfgang Becker .
    In 1998, directed the crime romance film " Run Lola Run " co-starred by Franka Potente , Moritz J. Bleibtreu, etc. The film was shortlisted for the 55th Venice Film Festival main competition unit, and the 53rd British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards Film Award -Best Non-English Film Award , won the 15th Sundance Film Festival Audience Award-World Film Unit.  
    In 1999, he was the producer of the comedy film " Absolute Giganten ". In 2000, he directed the romantic movie " Der Krieger und die Kaiserin " co-starring Franka Potente and Benno Fuehrmann . With this film, he was nominated for the 14th European Film Awards Audience Award-Best Director Award, 51st Gold Film Award- Best director award. In 2002, the horror film " Heaven " directed by him was released , and he was shortlisted for the main competition of the 52nd Berlin International Film Festival .  
    In 2004, directed the love short film "True" starring Natalie Hershlag , which was nominated for the 54th Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear Award-Best Short Film Award; in the same year, he was the producer of the thriller film " Lautlos ". In 2005, in the documentary "Who is Helena Schwarz?" "Appeared in the movie.
    In 2006, directed the crime film " The Story of a Murderer " co-starring Ben Whishaw and Dustin Hoffman . The film was adapted from the novel of the same name by Patrick Suskind   . The film was nominated for the 20th European Film Awards Audience Award -Best Picture Award; In the same year, he co-directed the feature film " Paris, je taime " with many directors , which tells the love, family, friendship, and humanity in the city of Paris   ; in addition, he also served as a feature film " Producer of " A Friend of Mine. "
    In 2007, he served as the producer of the feature film " Herz ist ein dunkler Wald, Das ". In 2008, he appeared in the documentary " Auge in Auge-Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte ". In 2009, directed the suspense action film " The International " co-starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts ; in the same year, directed the short story collection "Germany 09". 
    In 2010, he directed the romantic comedy film " Drei " co-starred by Sophie Rois , Sebastian Spur and Devid Striesow . With this film, he was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 67th Venice Film Festival and won the 61st gold medal. Movie Award-Best Director Award; in the same year, the comedy film " SoulBoy " directed by him was released. 
    In 2012, he co-directed the science fiction suspense film " Cloud Atlas " with The Wachowskis , and provided the soundtrack for the film. The film was adapted from the novel of the same name by David Mitchell and was nominated for the 70th American Golden Globe Awards in the film category-Best Film For the soundtrack award, he was shortlisted for the 63rd Golden Film Award-Best Director Award for the film; in the same year, he served as the producer of the drama "Dream in Nairobi". 
    In 2015, he appeared in the documentary "Was heißt hier Ende?"; in the same year, he co-directed the science fiction drama " Sense 8 " with The Wachowskis and others , and provided the music for the theme song of the show   . The song was nominated for the 68th Emmy Awards. Award for original theme song   . In 2016, he directed the comedy film " A Hologram for the King " adapted from the novel of the same name by Dave Eggers   ; in the same year, he made the soundtrack for the film "Super Feeling Hunting: Christmas Special".
    In 2017, directed the TV series " Sense8 Season 2 "; on October 13, the crime drama " Babylon Berlin Season 1 " directed by him was broadcast   , which won the Best Overseas TV Drama Award at the 24th Shanghai TV Festival   ; November On the 3rd, the TV series "Babylon Berlin Second Season" directed by him was broadcast. In 2018, he served as the producer of the feature film "The Terminally Ill Girl"; in February, he served as the chairman of the jury for the main competition unit of the 68th Berlin Film Festival   ; in the same year, he made the soundtrack for the TV series "Super Feeling Hunting: The Ending Special".

    Character Evaluation

    Tom Tykwer's creative style is changeable, and he insists on innovation in film language. The dynamic rhythm and novel form are the only ways to attract audiences. It is worth mentioning that in Tykway's films, the means of presenting the psychological world of the characters are rich and diverse, and the effects of presentation are also colorful. In Tykway’s films, dialogue is one of the means to show the character’s psychology. In addition, Tikeway also uses other lens language to interpret the characters' hearts, such as using color changes to highlight the difference between the real world and the psychological world. In summary, Tom Tykwer uses auditory and visual elements to realistically present the inner world of the characters in front of the audience. No matter what method Tykway adopts, its shaping of the character's psychology is always closely related to the film's style and character. When he chooses the appropriate form, what is presented to the audience is the inner world of the multi-layered and three-dimensional characters . 
    Extended Reading

    Heaven quotes

    • [last lines]

      Filippo: Now.

      Philippa: Yes, now...

    • Philippa: But what you don't know is I've ceased to believe.

      Filippo: Ceased to believe in what?

      Philippa: In sense. In justice. In life.