Biography

23 May (?) 1965	Tom Tykwer is born in Wuppertal, Germany.
1979	At the age of 14, Tom gets a job at the local cinema (surprisingly called Cinema) in Wuppertal. A few years later, he is offered the master key of the cinema and takes advantage of that by locking himself in in the middle of the night and watching the copy of Blade Runner that belongs to the theatre over and over again.
1984	Tom finishes school ('Abitur') with an average of 3.6 (out of 6 with 1 being the best mark) (Which, considering my personal average, leaves some hope for me, I guess.......). Then he does his 'Zivildienst' (community service as a substitute for the compulsory military service) in Frankfurt and moves to Berlin afterwards, where he works for almost ten years at the cinema Moviemento in Berlin-Kreuzberg. This is also the place where the regulars of the future X-Filme Creative Pool crew meets.
1991	Because, his first short film, is presented at the Hof Film Festival.
1993	Tom Tykwer presents his first feature film: Die tödliche Maria (Deadly Maria).
1994	Producer Stefan Arndt and Tom Tykwer are the founders of the production company X-Filme Creative Pool, they are joined by Wolfgang Becker (Das Leben ist eine Baustelle) (Life Is All You Get)) and Dani Levy (Stille Nacht (Silent Night), Meschugge (The Giraffe)).
1996	Tom is co-writer of Wolfgang Becker's film Das Leben ist eine Baustelle (Life Is All You Get).
30 October 1997	Tom Tykwers second feature film Winterschläfer (Wintersleepers) is released in Germany.
1998	Tom and Franka Potente are a couple. ;-)
20 August 1998	Toms third film Lola rennt (Run Lola Run) is released in Germany.
1999	Run Lola Run is released worldwide and reaches number 18 of the US box office. Run Lola Run wins in eight categories at the German Film Awards.
2000	Because of the success of Run Lola Run, Winter Sleepers is released in the US as well.
12 October 2000	The Princess And the Warrior is released in Germany.
21 June 2001	The Princess And the Warrior is released in the US.
2002	Tom's first English-language international film Heaven is released.