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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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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.