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Johan Renck

ヨハン・レンク　/　よはん・れんく

Film director from Sweden

December 5, 1966 (age 59)　・　Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden

Uppsala County
film director
music video director
singer

My Take

Johan Renck is proof that a career can reinvent itself completely. Before he was a director, the Uppsala native was a singer-songwriter as Stakka Bo, scoring an international hit with "Here We Go" in 1993. I love that detail, because the musical ear clearly never left him. He moved into music videos and television, and then in 2019 won an Emmy for directing Chernobyl, one of the most quietly devastating series I can remember. He later made Spaceman too. What stands out to me is the cold, controlled atmosphere he brings; you always sense a musician shaping the rhythm of every scene.

Overview

Bo Johan Renck (born 5 December 1966) is a Swedish director of music videos, TV and film. He was originally a singer-songwriter from 1991 to 2001, using the moniker Stakka Bo, and had an international hit with his single "Here We Go" in 1993. Renck later became a music-video and television director, winning an Emmy Award in 2019 for his work on the mini-series Chernobyl.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Johan Renck
Name (Japanese): ヨハン・レンク
Reading: よはん・れんく
Born: December 5, 1966 (age 59)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Horse
Origin: Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / music video director / singer / composer / record producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Downloading Nancy	—
Notable work	Spaceman	—

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.johanrenck.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF

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