Tom Tykwer
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Saturday's TV Highlights: Mickey Rourke gets a grip on a great role...teenager who travels back in time to ancient China (9 p.m. Showtime) The International: Clive Owen and Naomi Watts star in director Tom Tykwer's 2009 thriller about skullduggery in the world of high finance (9 p.m. Starz). Los Angeles... In this article: Mickey Rourke, Robin Hood, Great white shark, Killer Whale, The Wrestler, Faust legend, Oscar, Martial arts, and Clive Standen |
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | November 11, 2009
Fox's sci-fi drama 'Dollhouse' has been canceled
...SCREEN The International (R) -- After a pair of fanciful art films ( Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Heaven), Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer returns to his high-adrenaline roots with this thriller about an Interpol agent (Clive Owen) and...
In this article: Dollhouse, Customer, Toys R Us, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, New York, Fringe, Virtuality, Jason Voorhees, and Hollywood Reporter
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The Australian | November 06, 2009
Good sport
...bank robber in Inside Man, an obsessed Interpol agent in The International. Dubbed "the thinking man's action hero" by director Tom Tykwer and the new James Bond by the internet, the handsome British actor tends to play characters who are...
In this article: Clive Owen, Scott Hicks, Oliver Twist, Oscar, James Bond, No Reservations, London, and God
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Tom Tykwer
Tom Tykwer (born 23 May 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany) is a German film director, screenwriter and composer . He is best known internationally for directing Run Lola Run (1998), ''Heaven '' (2002), ''Perfume: The Story of a Murderer '' (2006)...
In this article: The Princess and the Warrior, Run Lola Run, Wintersleepers, Wolfgang Becker, Franka Potente, Paris, je t'aime, Heaven, Wuppertal, and Berlin
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | November 03, 2009
Interview: Ben Whishaw - Star quality
In 2006, he starred as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, the murderous, introverted scent-maker a essentially an artist who kills his muses a in Tom Tykwer's ambitious adaptation of Peter Suskind's novel, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. The...
In this article: Ben Whishaw, John Keats, Bright Star, Hamlet, Royal Court Theatre, Sebastian Flyte, Primo Levi, Brideshead Revisited, and Trevor Nunn
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Backstage | October 15, 2009
'Agora': A High-Profile Movie You Can't See
...can cross to all ages and different types of people." There have long been European hits that didn't cross over to North America. Tom Tykwer's period drama "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" made $132 million globally but only $2 million...
In this article: Mark Teschner, Spain, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, General Hospital, U.S., Oscar, and Telecinco
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New York Post | October 11, 2009
NY state of blind
...made up of 18 shorts, all set in specific arrondissements. "Paris J'taime" was kind of a mess, but it had its moments (especially Tom Tykwer's short starring Natalie Portman, who appears here as both an actor and a writer/director - more...
In this article: New York City, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Paris, Self-consciousness, New York, I Love You, Shutter Island, and Cloris Leachman
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boston.com - Top arts and entertainment stories | September 07, 2009
On demand picks
Clive Owen (above) and Naomi Watts are the heroes trying to bring down a rogue institution with assassins on its payroll. Tom Tykwer directs the usual mayhem with a fresh eye, and the shoot-out in the Guggenheim is an instant classic. (R;...
In this article: Litter, Encore, Comcast, Clive Owen, John Irving, Robin Williams, and Naomi Watts
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Rotten Tomatoes: News | February 02, 2009
Tom Tykwer, Wachowskis Thumbing Through Cloud Atlas
Tom Tykwer Adapting Cloud Atlas with Wachowski Brothers We just finished chatting with director Tom Tykwer earlier today at the press day in Los Angeles for his latest film, The International. At the end, we asked him what he had coming up...
In this article: Wachowskis, Cloud Atlas, The International, David Mitchell, and Los Angeles
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boston.com - Latest movie news | November 29, 2008
Tykwer's 'The International' to open Berlin fest
THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING BERLIN-German director Tom Tykwer's action thriller "The International" will kick off the annual Berlin film festival with its world premiere in February. In the film actors Clive Owen and...
In this article: The International, Berlin, E-mail, All rights reserved, Clive Owen, Tilda Swinton, Perfume, Naomi Watts, and Run Lola Run
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The Hollywood Reporter | November 28, 2008
Tykwer's 'International' to open Berlinale
Sony-backed thriller stars Clive Owen and Naomi Watts Updated: Nov 29, 2008, 01:07 PM ET COLOGNE, Germany -- Tom Tykwer's "The International," an action thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts, will open the 59th Berlin...
In this article: Clive Owen, The International, Naomi Watts, Sony, Heaven, Winter Sleepers, Berlin International Film Festival, Interpol, and Columbia Pictures
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Tom Tykwer (born 23 May 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany) is a 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 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.
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 Hof Film Festival and well-received by the audience, which inspired Tykwer to continue pursuing filmmaking. He made a second short 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.
Miramax produced his next film, Heaven (2002), based on a screenplay by the late Polish filmmaker, Krzysztof Kieślowski. It was shot in English, starred Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi, and filmed in Turin and Tuscany.
- Birth Date:
- May 23, 1965
- Birthplace:
- Wuppertal, Germany
- Occupation:
- film director & screenwriter
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