Johan Renck

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.

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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)

Origin

Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden

Occupation

film director / music video director / singer / composer / record producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Horse

Awards & achievements

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

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.johanrenck.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan%20Renck
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373742

Tags

• Uppsala County
• film director
• music video director
• singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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