Tom Tykwer
Tykwer's Run Lola
Run revitalised the German cinema and, arguably, established
a "New" New German Cinema in the late 90's.
German film was very popular in 90's, Tykwer along with Wim Wenders' Oscar nomination for Buena Vista Social Club, Caroline Link's Oscar nominations for Beyond Silence and Nowhere in Africa, and numerous other great films from Germany (Aimee and Jaguar, The Harmonists, and many others).
Tom Tykwer was born 23 May 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany - famous for its Schwebebahn until then, now as the birth place of Tykwer ;-).
Unlike Fassbinder or Wenders who went to theatres to watch movies, Tykwer worked at a movie theater called Cinema in Wuppertal. He stayed on after hours and watched Blade Runner over and over again.
He got his High School Certificate and worked as a Zivildienstler. He completed his community service in lieu of serving the compulsary military service in Germany and moved to Berlin. There he got a job at the Moviemento in Kreuzberg where he also met his future X-Filme Creative Pools colleagues.
German film was very popular in 90's, Tykwer along with Wim Wenders' Oscar nomination for Buena Vista Social Club, Caroline Link's Oscar nominations for Beyond Silence and Nowhere in Africa, and numerous other great films from Germany (Aimee and Jaguar, The Harmonists, and many others).
Tom Tykwer was born 23 May 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany - famous for its Schwebebahn until then, now as the birth place of Tykwer ;-).
Unlike Fassbinder or Wenders who went to theatres to watch movies, Tykwer worked at a movie theater called Cinema in Wuppertal. He stayed on after hours and watched Blade Runner over and over again.
He got his High School Certificate and worked as a Zivildienstler. He completed his community service in lieu of serving the compulsary military service in Germany and moved to Berlin. There he got a job at the Moviemento in Kreuzberg where he also met his future X-Filme Creative Pools colleagues.