Tom Tykwer Highlights

  • 2009: Directed Clive Owen and Naomi Watts in the thriller, "The International"
  • 2006: Directed the film adaptation of "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"
  • 2006: Contributed the short, "True" to a collection of 20 short films by many famous directors entitled, "Paris, je t'aime"
  • 2002: Directed Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi in "Heaven"; based on a screenplay by the late Polish filmmaker, Krzysztof Kie?lowski
  • 2001: Re-teamed with Potente, who played the lead role in "The Princess and the Warrior"
  • 1998: Breakthrough film, "Run Lola Run"; became the most successful German film of that year; first film with Franka Potente
  • 1997: Released second feature, "Wintersleepers"
  • 1996: Co-wrote (with Becker) the screenplay, "Life Is All You Get"
  • 1994: Co-founded the production company X Filme Creative Pool with Stefan Arndt, Wolfgang Becker and Dani Levy
  • 1993: Wrote and directed debut feature, "Deadly Maria" (aired on German television and had a limited theatrical release)
  • 1990: Short film debut, "Because"; presented to the Hof Film Festival
  • 1988: Moved to Berlin, where he worked as a programmer of the Moviemento cinema
  • 1976: Made first amateur Super 8 film at the age of eleven