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Tom Tykwer

Awards

Tom Tykwer

39 wins & 62 nominations

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
    2007 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Director
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
    2007 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Writing
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
    Shared with: Andrew Birkin · Bernd Eichinger
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
    2007 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Music
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek · Reinhold Heil

Grimme Award

  • Babylon Berlin (2017)
    2018 Winner Adolf Grimme Award
    • Fiction
    • Babylon Berlin
    Shared with: Henk Handloegten · Achim von Borries · Alexander Berner · Antje Zynga · Claus Wehlisch · Uli Hanisch · Pierre-Yves Gayraud · Johnny Klimek · Mario Kamien · Nikko Weidemann · Liv Lisa Fries · Volker Bruch · Peter Kurth

Tromsø International Film Festival

  • The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
    2002 Winner Audience Award
    • The Princess and the Warrior
  • The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
    2002 Winner Aurora Award - Special Mention
    • The Princess and the Warrior

Bambi Awards

  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
    2006 Winner Bambi
    • Film - National
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
    Shared with: Bernd Eichinger · Ben Whishaw

Bavarian Film Awards

  • Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
    2011 Winner Bavarian Film Award
    • Best Director (Regiepreis)
    • 3
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
    2007 Winner Bavarian Film Award
    • Best Director (Regiepreis)
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
  • Deadly Maria (1993)
    1995 Winner Bavarian Film Award
    • Best Young Direction (Regienachwuchspreis)
    • Deadly Maria

Berlin International Film Festival

  • The Light (2025)
    2025 Nominee Teddy
    • Best Feature Film
    • The Light
  • True (2004)
    2004 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Best Short Film
    • True
  • Giovanni Ribisi and Cate Blanchett in Heaven (2002)
    2002 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Heaven

BAFTA Awards

  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    2000 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film not in the English Language
    • Run Lola Run
    Shared with: Stefan Arndt

Camerimage

  • Babylon Berlin (2017)
    2017 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Pilot
    • Babylon Berlin
    Shared with: Bernd Fischer · Frank Griebe · Philipp Haberlandt · Henk Handloegten · Achim von Borries
  • Tom Tykwer
    2006 Winner Cinematographer-Director Duo Award
    Shared with: Frank Griebe

Cannes Film Festival

  • Paris, Je T'aime (2006)
    2006 Nominee Un Certain Regard Award
    • Paris, Je T'aime
    Shared with: Gurinder Chadha · Bruno Podalydès · Gus Van Sant · Joel Coen · Ethan Coen · Walter Salles · Daniela Thomas · Christopher Doyle · Isabel Coixet · Nobuhiro Suwa · Sylvain Chomet · Alfonso Cuarón · Olivier Assayas · Oliver Schmitz · Richard LaGravenese · Vincenzo Natali · Wes Craven · Gérard Depardieu · Frédéric Auburtin · Alexander Payne

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    2000 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Run Lola Run
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek · Reinhold Heil
  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    2000 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Run Lola Run

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    2001 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
    • Run Lola Run

Czech Lions

  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    2000 Nominee Czech Lion
    • Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
    • Run Lola Run

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    2000 Nominee Edgar
    • Best Motion Picture
    • Run Lola Run

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
    2016 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
    • Sense8
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek

Ernst Lubitsch Award

  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    1999 Winner Ernst Lubitsch Award
    • Run Lola Run

European Film Awards

  • Babylon Berlin (2017)
    2019 Winner European Film Award
    • European Achievement in Fiction Series
    • Babylon Berlin
    Shared with: Achim von Borries · Henk Handloegten
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
    2007 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Composer
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek · Reinhold Heil
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
    2007 Nominee EFA People's Choice Award
    • Best European Film
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
    2006 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

German Film Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Outstanding Feature Film (Bester Spielfilm)
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Stefan Arndt · Grant Hill · Lilly Wachowski · Lana Wachowski
  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Direction (Beste Regie)
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Lilly Wachowski · Lana Wachowski
  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Film Score (Beste Filmmusik)
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Reinhold Heil · Johnny Klimek
  • Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Film Score (Beste Filmmusik)
    • 3
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek · Reinhold Heil · Gabriel Isaac Mounsey
  • Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
    2011 Winner Film Award in Gold
    • Best Direction (Beste Regie)
    • 3

German Television Awards

  • Babylon Berlin (2017)
    2018 Nominee German Television Award
    • Best Directing for a Movie Made for Television or Miniseries (Beste Regie - Fernsehfilm/Mehrteiler)
    • Babylon Berlin
    Shared with: Henk Handloegten · Achim von Borries
  • Babylon Berlin (2017)
    2018 Winner German Television Award
    • Best Music (Beste Musik)
    • Babylon Berlin
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek

Gijón International Film Festival

  • The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
    2000 Nominee Grand Prix Asturias
    • Best Feature
    • The Princess and the Warrior
  • Winter Sleepers (1997)
    1997 Winner Best Director
    • Winter Sleepers
  • Winter Sleepers (1997)
    1997 Nominee Grand Prix Asturias
    • Best Feature
    • Winter Sleepers

Golden Globes, USA

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Reinhold Heil · Johnny Klimek

Guild of German Art House Cinemas

  • Giovanni Ribisi and Cate Blanchett in Heaven (2002)
    2002 Winner Guild Film Award - Gold
    • German Film (Deutscher Film)
    • Heaven
  • The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
    2001 Winner Guild Film Award - Gold
    • German Film (Deutscher Film)
    • The Princess and the Warrior
  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    1999 Winner Guild Film Award - Gold
    • German Film (Deutscher Film)
    • Run Lola Run
  • Winter Sleepers (1997)
    1998 Winner Guild Film Award - Silver
    • German Film (Deutscher Film)
    • Winter Sleepers

Hof International Film Festival

  • Tom Tykwer
    1998 Winner Prize of the City of Hof
  • Deadly Maria (1993)
    1993 Winner Best New Director Promotional Award
    • Deadly Maria

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    2000 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Run Lola Run
    Germany.

Locarno Film Festival

  • Winter Sleepers (1997)
    1997 Nominee Golden Leopard
    • Winter Sleepers

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Lana Wachowski · Lilly Wachowski

Pula Film Festival

  • The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
    2001 Winner Golden Arena
    • European Competition: Special Cineaesthetic Values
    • The Princess and the Warrior

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Tom Tykwer
    1999 Winner Emerging Masters Showcase Award

Sundance Film Festival

  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    1999 Winner Audience Award
    • World Cinema
    • Run Lola Run
    Tied with Train of Life (1998).

Thessaloniki Film Festival

  • Winter Sleepers (1997)
    1997 Winner Audience Award
    • Winter Sleepers
  • Winter Sleepers (1997)
    1997 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • International Competition
    • Winter Sleepers
    For its fusion of visual style and storytelling technique, and its intriguing study of the dynamics among five lost souls. Tom Tykwers promising second feature is both provocative and suspenseful.
  • Winter Sleepers (1997)
    1997 Nominee Golden Alexander
    • Winter Sleepers

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Deadly Maria (1993)
    1994 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Deadly Maria

Venice Film Festival

  • Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
    2010 Nominee Golden Lion
    • 3
  • Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
    2010 Nominee Queer Lion Award
    • 3
  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    1998 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Run Lola Run

World Soundtrack Awards

  • Clive Owen and Naomi Watts in The International (2009)
    2009 Nominee World Soundtrack Award
    • Best Original Soundtrack of the Year
    • The International
    Shared with: Reinhold Heil · Johnny Klimek

Sochi International Film Festival

  • Deadly Maria (1993)
    1994 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Deadly Maria

German Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee German Film Critics Award
    • Best Film (Bester Spielfilm)
    • 3
  • Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee German Film Critics Award
    • Best Screenplay (Bestes Drehbuch)
    • 3
  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    1999 Winner German Film Critics Award
    • Best Film (Bester Spielfilm)
    • Run Lola Run
  • Deadly Maria (1993)
    1994 Winner German Film Critics Award
    • Best Film (Bester Spielfilm)
    • Deadly Maria

German Short Film Award

  • True (2004)
    2004 Winner Short Film Award in Gold
    • Outstanding Short Film - Under 30 Minutes Length
    • True

Sarasota Film Festival

  • Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
    2011 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Narrative Feature
    • 3

German Critics Association Awards

  • Tom Tykwer
    1998 Winner Critics Award
    • Film

Carthage Film Festival

  • Soul Boy (2010)
    2010 Nominee Tanit d'Or
    • Narrative Feature Film
    • Soul Boy
    Shared with: Hawa Essuman

Chlotrudis Awards

  • The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
    2002 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • The Princess and the Warrior
  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    2000 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • Run Lola Run

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Score
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek · Reinhold Heil

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2012 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Score
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Reinhold Heil · Johnny Klimek

Zurich Film Festival

  • Tom Tykwer
    2012 Winner A Tribute to... Award

Gopo Awards, Romania

  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
    2008 Nominee Gopo Award
    • Best European Film
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Reinhold Heil · Johnny Klimek

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2012 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Music
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek · Reinhold Heil

German Television Academy Awards

  • Babylon Berlin (2017)
    2018 Winner German Television Academy Award
    • Best Score (Beste Musik)
    • Babylon Berlin
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek

Jupiter Award

  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
    2007 Winner Jupiter Award
    • Best German Director
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Film - International Competition
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Lilly Wachowski · Lana Wachowski
  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Screenplay - International Competition
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Lilly Wachowski · Lana Wachowski
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
    2010 Winner CinEuphoria
    • Top Films of the Decade - International Competition
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Les Arcs European Film Festival

  • Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
    2010 Nominee Crystal Arrow
    • 3

African Movie Academy Awards

  • Nairobi Half Life (2012)
    2013 Nominee AMAA
    • Best Film
    • Nairobi Half Life
    Shared with: Sarika Hemi Lakhani · Ginger Wilson
  • Soul Boy (2010)
    2011 Nominee AMAA
    • Best Film
    • Soul Boy
    Shared with: Sarika Hemi Lakhani · Marie Steinmann-Tykwer

Lisbon Film Festival (LEFFEST)

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2012 Nominee Jaeger - LeCoultre Best Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Lana Wachowski · Lilly Wachowski

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee IFMCA Award
    • Film Score of the Year
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek · Reinhold Heil
  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee IFMCA Award
    • Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek · Reinhold Heil
  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee IFMCA Award
    • Film Music Composition of the Year
    • Cloud Atlas
    Track: "The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Orchestra"
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek · Reinhold Heil
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
    2006 Nominee IFMCA Award
    • Film Score of the Year
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
    Shared with: Reinhold Heil · Johnny Klimek

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Winner HFCS Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Reinhold Heil · Johnny Klimek

Online Film & Television Association

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Music, Original Score
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek · Reinhold Heil

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2012 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Original Score
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Johnny Klimek · Reinhold Heil
  • Franka Potente in Run Lola Run (1998)
    1999 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Run Lola Run

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    2013 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Original Score
    • Cloud Atlas
    Shared with: Reinhold Heil · Johnny Klimek

Golden Umbrella TV Awards

  • Babylon Berlin (2017)
    2018 Winner Golden Umbrella
    • Best Director
    • Babylon Berlin
    Shared with: Achim von Borries · Henk Handloegten

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