Tom Tykwer
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'''Tom Tykwer''' (born [[May 23]], [[1965]] in [[Wuppertal]], [[Germany]]) is a [[German people|German]] [[film director]] best known internationally for directing ''[[Run Lola Run]]'' ([[1998]]).
Tykwer was fascinated by film from an early age. He started making amateur [[Super 8 mm film|Super 8]] films at the age of eleven and later helped out at a local [[arthouse]] cinema to see more movies, including those he was too young to buy tickets for. After graduating from high school, he unsuccessfully applied to numerous film schools around Europe and 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 was known to German directors as a highly respected film buff. [http://www.tomtykwer.com/02_biographie/index.shtml]
In Berlin, Tykwer met and befriended the filmmaker [[Rosa von Praunheim]], who urged him to create stories from his own experience and suggested that Tykwer record arguments with his girlfriend at the time, and turn them into a short film. ''Because'' (1990) was screened at the [http://www.hofer-filmtage.de/ Hof Film Festival] and well-received by the audience, which inspired Tykwer to continue pursuing filmmaking. He made a second [[short film]], ''[[Epilog (film)|Epilog]]'' (1992), that plunged him into personal financial debt, but gained him valuable technical filmmaking experience.
Tykwer wrote the [[screenplay]] for -and directed- his first feature film, ''[[Deadly Maria]]'', which aired on German television and saw a limited theatrical release in Germany and the international film festival circuit.
In 1994, Tykwer founded the production company [[X Filme Creative Pool]] with [[Stefan Arndt]], [[Wolfgang Becker]] and [[Dani Levy]]. Tykwer and Becker wrote the screenplay for ''[[Life Is All You Get]]'' while working on Tykwer's second feature, ''[[Wintersleepers]]'' (1997), a much bigger and complex production than ''Deadly Maria''. ''Wintersleepers'' brought Tykwer to the attention of German [[cineastes]] and [[film festivals]], but Tykwer was struggling financially. He knew he needed a new film, and the result was ''[[Run Lola Run]]'' (1998), which became the most successful German film of 1998, scored $7 million at the US box office, and elevated Tykwer to international fame.
As ''Lola'' was becoming a success worldwide, Tykwer was already at work on his next film, ''[[The Princess and the Warrior]]'', shot in his hometown of Wuppertal. He had meanwhile started dating [[Franka Potente]], the star of ''Run Lola Run'', and she appeared in ''The Princess and the Warrior'' as well. The movie centered on a love story between a [[nurse]] and a former [[soldier]].
[[Miramax]] produced his next film, ''[[Heaven (2002 film)|Heaven]]'' (2002), based on a screenplay by the late [[Polish people|Polish]] filmmaker, [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]]. It was shot in English, starred [[Cate Blanchett]] and [[Giovanni Ribisi]], and filmed in [[Turin]] and [[Tuscany]].
After ''Heaven'', Tykwer felt creatively exhausted and personally adrift, having broken up with Franka Potente. He was approached by French producers to film a short contribution to ''[[Paris, je t'aime]]'' (2006), a film comprising 20 short films by many famous directors depicting love in [[Paris]]. Tykwer shot the 10-minute short film, ''[[True (film)|True]]'', with [[Natalie Portman]] and [[Melchior Beslon]]. He shot the film quickly with almost no pre-production, and the result was a tiny masterpiece that Tykwer later said, "symbolises an entire life for me, in just ten minutes." [http://www.tomtykwer.com/03_filmographie/31_true/index.shtml]
Tykwer's latest film is an adaptation of the [[novel]] ''[[Perfume (book)|Perfume]]'' by the German novelist [[Patrick Süskind]], which has been filmed in the Spanish cities of [[Figueras]], [[Girona]] and [[Barcelona]].
==Selected filmography==
* ([[1990]]) ''[[Because (film)|Because]]'' (short)
* ([[1992]]) ''[[Epilog (film)|Epilog]]'' (short)
* ([[1993 in film|1993]]) ''[[Deadly Maria]]'' (''Die tödliche Maria'')
* ([[1997 in film|1997]]) ''[[Wintersleepers]]'' (''Winterschläfer'')
* ([[1998 in film|1998]]) ''[[Run Lola Run]]'' (''Lola rennt'')
* ([[2000 in film|2000]]) ''[[The Princess and the Warrior]]'' (''Der Krieger und die Kaiserin'')
* ([[2002 in film|2002]]) ''[[Heaven (2002 film)|Heaven]]''
* ([[2004 in film|2004]]) ''[[True (film)|True]]'' (a short starring [[Natalie Portman]] that premiered at the 2004 [[Berlinale]] and was shown in Germany before screenings of [[Achim von Borries]]' ''[[Love in Thoughts]]'', a cut down version was included in the omnibus ''[[Paris, je t'aime]]'')
* ([[2006 in film|2006]]) ''[[Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (film)|Perfume: The Story of a Murderer]]'' (''Das Parfüm'')
* ([[2008 in film|2008]]) ''[[The International (film)|The International]]'' starring [[Clive Owen]] and [[Naomi Watts]]
== Awards ==
* 2005 State-Award of the Film Commission [[NRW]] [http://www.locationnrw.de]
==External links==
{{Commonscat|Tom Tykwer}}
*{{imdb name|id=0878756|name=Tom Tykwer}}
*[http://www.filmportal.de/df/1c/Credits,,,,,,,,EFC121B072A16C3FE03053D50B3736F2credits,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.html Tom Tykwer] at the [[Filmportal.de]]
*[http://www.tomtykwer.com Official homepage]
*[http://www.musicolog.com/tykwer/ musicolog pages]
*[http://www.stumpedmagazine.com/Interviews/tom-tykwer.html Stumped? Interview]
*[http://www.knightatthemovies.com/KATM_Perfume_Director_Tom_Tykwer KnightattheMovies.com Tom Tykwer interview about Perfume: The Story of a Murderer]
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