Tom Tykwer
Birth Name:
Tom Tykwer
Birth Place:
Wuppertal, Germany
Profession
Composer, Producer, Director, Writer, Music department, Assistant director
Fast Facts
- Co-founded the non-profit organization One Fine Day e․V․ in an effort to promote arts in Kenya
- Won the 2012 Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Score
- 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 AwardWinner
- 1994German Film Critics Award - Best Film (Bester Spielfilm):Winner
- 1994Special Jury AwardWinner
- 1994Golden Spike - Best Film:Nominated
- 1995Bavarian Film Award - Best Young Direction (Regienachwuchspreis):Winner
- 1997Grand Prix Asturias - Best Feature:Nominated
- 1997Best DirectorWinner
- 1997Golden LeopardNominated
- 1997Audience AwardWinner
- 1997FIPRESCI Prize - International Competition:Winner
- 1997Golden AlexanderNominated
- 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 LionNominated
- 1999ACCA - Best Foreign Language Film:Nominated
- 1999Ernst Lubitsch AwardWinner
- 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 BearNominated
- 2002Chlotrudis Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2002Guild Film Award - Gold - German Film (Deutscher Film):Winner
- 2002Audience AwardWinner
- 2002Aurora Award - Special MentionWinner
- 2006Bambi - Film - National:Winner
- 2006Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
- 2006Grand PrixNominated
- 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 ArrowNominated
- 2010Queer Lion AwardNominated
- 2010Golden LionNominated
- 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