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Tom Tykwer Biography

Birth Name:Tom Tykwer

Birth Place:Wuppertal, Germany

Profession Composer, Producer, Director, Writer, Music department, Assistant director

Fast Facts

Won the 2012 Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Score
Co-founded the non-profit organization One Fine Day e․V․ in an effort to promote arts in Kenya
Started making films at the age of 11 when he would create small productions using a super 8 camera
Started out working as a projectionist for independent art house cinemas in Berlin
Frequently casts actor Ben Whishaw in his various projects
Is one of the co-founders of the film production company X Filme
Worked as a script translator for the film "Inglorious Bastards․"

Awards

1993Best New Director Promotional Award-: winner
1994German Film Critics Award-Best Film (Bester Spielfilm): winner
1994Special Jury Award-: winner
1994Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
1995Bavarian Film Award-Best Young Direction (Regienachwuchspreis): winner
1997Grand Prix Asturias-Best Feature: nominated
1997Best Director-: winner
1997Golden Leopard-: nominated
1997Audience Award-: winner
1997FIPRESCI Prize-International Competition: winner
1997Golden Alexander-: nominated
1998Film Award in Silver-Outstanding Feature Film (Bester Spielfilm): winner
1998Film Award in Gold-Best Direction (Beste Regie): nominated
1998Guild Film Award - Silver-German Film (Deutscher Film): winner
1998Golden Lion-: nominated
1999ACCA-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
1999Ernst Lubitsch Award-: winner
1999Film Award in Gold-Best Direction (Beste Regie): winner
1999German Film Critics Award-Best Film (Bester Spielfilm): winner
1999Guild Film Award - Gold-German Film (Deutscher Film): winner
1999Audience Award-World Cinema: winner
2000BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
2000CFCA Award-Best Original Score: nominated
2000CFCA Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
2000Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: nominated
2000Czech Lion-Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film): nominated
2000Edgar-Best Motion Picture: nominated
2000Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
2000Grand Prix Asturias-Best Feature: nominated
2001Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
2001Film Award in Gold-Best Direction (Beste Regie): nominated
2001Guild Film Award - Gold-German Film (Deutscher Film): winner
2001International Competition-Special Cineaesthic Values: winner
2002Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
2002Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: nominated
2002Guild Film Award - Gold-German Film (Deutscher Film): winner
2002Audience Award-: winner
2002Aurora Award - Special Mention-: winner
2006Bambi-Film - National: winner
2006Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
2006Grand Prix-: nominated
2006IFMCA Award-Film Score of the Year: nominated
2007Saturn Award-Best Music: nominated
2007Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
2007Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
2007Bavarian Film Award-Best Director (Regiepreis): winner
2007EFA People's Choice Award-Best European Film: nominated
2007European Film Award-European Composer: nominated
2007Film Award in Gold-Best Direction (Beste Regie): nominated
2007Film Award in Gold-Best Film Score (Beste Filmmusik): nominated
2007Jupiter Award-Best German Director: winner
2008Gopo Award-Best European Film: nominated
2009World Soundtrack Award-Best Original Soundtrack of the Year: nominated
2010Tanit d'Or-Narrative Feature Film: nominated
2010CinEuphoria-Top Films of the Decade - International Competition: winner
2010Crystal Arrow-: nominated
2010Queer Lion Award-: nominated
2010Golden Lion-: nominated
2011AMAA-Best Film: nominated
2011Bavarian Film Award-Best Director (Regiepreis): winner
2011Film Award in Gold-Best Film Score (Beste Filmmusik): nominated
2011Film Award in Gold-Best Direction (Beste Regie): winner
2011German Film Critics Award-Best Film (Bester Spielfilm): nominated
2011German Film Critics Award-Best Screenplay (Bestes Drehbuch): nominated
2011Jury Prize-Narrative Feature: nominated
2012AFCA Award-Best Score: winner
2012ACCA-Best Original Score: nominated
2012Jaeger - LeCoultre Best Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2012SLFCA Award-Best Music: nominated
2013AMAA-Best Film: nominated
2013COFCA Award-Best Score: nominated
2013CinEuphoria-Best Screenplay - International Competition: nominated
2013CinEuphoria-Best Film - International Competition: nominated
2013Film Award in Gold-Best Film Score (Beste Filmmusik): nominated
2013Film Award in Gold-Best Direction (Beste Regie): nominated
2013Film Award in Gold-Outstanding Feature Film (Bester Spielfilm): nominated
2013Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: nominated
2013HFCS Award-Best Original Score: winner
2013ICS Award-Best Original Score: nominated
2013IFMCA Award-Film Score of the Year: nominated
2013IFMCA Award-Film Music Composition of the Year: nominated
2013IFMCA Award-Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film: nominated
2013INOCA-Best Original Score: nominated
2013OFTA Film Award-Best Music, Original Score: nominated
2013OFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music: nominated
2017Jury Award-Best Pilot: nominated
2018German Television Academy Award-Best Score (Beste Musik): winner
2018German Television Award-Best Directing for a Movie Made for Television or Miniseries (Beste Regie - Fernsehfilm/Mehrteiler): nominated
2018German Television Award-Best Music (Beste Musik): winner
2018Golden Umbrella-Best Director: winner
2018Adolf Grimme Award-Fiction: winner
2019European Film Award-European Achievement in Fiction Series: winner