Directing

Johan Renck

Born December 5, 1966 · Uppsala, Sweden (age 59)

Johan Renck is one of the most respected and sought after directors of commercials and music videos today, so much so that the French magazine CB News dubbed him "the number one director of commercials and music videos in the world ". His directing career started in 1992 when he joined the production company Mekano Film and Television in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1994 he left Mekano to join force…

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Spaceman

Spaceman · 2024

MovieScience FictionAdventure

Six months into a solo mission, a lonely astronaut confronts the cracks in his marriage with help from a mysterious creature he discovers on his ship.

Downloading Nancy

Downloading Nancy · 2008

Downloading Nancy

MovieDramaRomance

When Albert Stockwell comes home from work one day he finds a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy, saying she has gone to see friends. After waiting several days, Albert realizes that his wife is missing. Nancy has met her salvation on the Internet in the form of Louis Farley. Nancy and Louis, both wounded souls, take comfort in one another through e-mail, pictures, and promises of perverse sexual encounters.

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 · 1999

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

A collection of Madonna's favorite videos from 1993-1999. Contains the 14 videos: Bad Girl, Fever, Rain, Secret, Take A Bow, Bedtime Story, Human Nature, Love Don't Live Here Anymore, Frozen, Ray Of Light, Drowned World, The Power of Goodbye, Nothing Really Matters, and Beautiful Stranger.

Naked

When Anders wakes up on his wedding day, he finds himself naked in an elevator, only remembering some of what happened.

The Left Shore

MovieDocumentary

ABBA Voyage

ABBA Voyage · 2022

ABBA Voyage is a virtual concert residency by the Swedish pop group ABBA. The concerts feature virtual avatars (dubbed 'ABBAtars'), depicting the group as they appeared in 1977. The concerts are held in a purpose-built venue at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, officially called the ABBA Arena.

The Fat and the Angry

The Fat and the Angry · 2014

The Fat and the Angry

The FBI and Interpol are looking into a big case of credit card fraud and a local bum is brought in for interrogation. A complicated story from the dark side of Göteborg unfolds.

Stella Erratica

Stella Erratica · 2017

Stella Erratica

MovieMysteryScience Fiction

Alone on a desolate planet. Or is he? This experimental lo-fi sci-fi, shot on super 8 film, charts a voyage through space to another world. Although the monsters may lie much closer to home...

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Spaceman

Spaceman · 2024

MovieScience FictionAdventure

Six months into a solo mission, a lonely astronaut confronts the cracks in his marriage with help from a mysterious creature he discovers on his ship.

Executive Producer

Downloading Nancy

Downloading Nancy · 2008

Downloading Nancy

MovieDramaRomance

When Albert Stockwell comes home from work one day he finds a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy, saying she has gone to see friends. After waiting several days, Albert realizes that his wife is missing. Nancy has met her salvation on the Internet in the form of Louis Farley. Nancy and Louis, both wounded souls, take comfort in one another through e-mail, pictures, and promises of perverse sexual encounters.

Director

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 · 1999

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

A collection of Madonna's favorite videos from 1993-1999. Contains the 14 videos: Bad Girl, Fever, Rain, Secret, Take A Bow, Bedtime Story, Human Nature, Love Don't Live Here Anymore, Frozen, Ray Of Light, Drowned World, The Power of Goodbye, Nothing Really Matters, and Beautiful Stranger.

Director

Naked

When Anders wakes up on his wedding day, he finds himself naked in an elevator, only remembering some of what happened.

Thanks

The Left Shore

MovieDocumentary

Director

ABBA Voyage

ABBA Voyage · 2022

ABBA Voyage is a virtual concert residency by the Swedish pop group ABBA. The concerts feature virtual avatars (dubbed 'ABBAtars'), depicting the group as they appeared in 1977. The concerts are held in a purpose-built venue at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, officially called the ABBA Arena.

Co-Producer

The Fat and the Angry

The Fat and the Angry · 2014

The Fat and the Angry

The FBI and Interpol are looking into a big case of credit card fraud and a local bum is brought in for interrogation. A complicated story from the dark side of Göteborg unfolds.

Director

Stella Erratica

Stella Erratica · 2017

Stella Erratica

MovieMysteryScience Fiction

Alone on a desolate planet. Or is he? This experimental lo-fi sci-fi, shot on super 8 film, charts a voyage through space to another world. Although the monsters may lie much closer to home...

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Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad · 2008

SeriesDramaCrime

Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

Director

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead · 2010

The Walking Dead

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

Director

Vikings

Vikings · 2013

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.

Director

Chernobyl

Chernobyl · 2019

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

Co-Executive Producer

Bates Motel

Bates Motel · 2013

SeriesDramaCrime

A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.

Director

Halt and Catch Fire

Halt and Catch Fire · 2014

Halt and Catch Fire

During the rise of the PC era in the early 1980s, an unlikely trio - a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy - take personal and professional risks in the race to build a computer that will change the world as they know it.

Director

Eurotrash

Eurotrash · 1993

The likes of Antoine de Caunes, Jean Paul Gaultier, Davina McCall, and Lolo Ferrari are your guides to the weird and wonderful in Europe and beyond. How else would you learn about pubic hairdressers, the Penis Olympics, or the latest Japanese sex toys?

Bloodline

Bloodline · 2015

A dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of their Florida Keys community. But when the black sheep son comes home for the 45th anniversary of his parents' hotel, he threatens to expose the Rayburns' dark secrets and shameful past, pushing his siblings to the limits of family loyalty.

Director

The Word

The Word · 1990

The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom. The show pushed forward the boundaries of youth TV, always coming close to going too far.

The Last Panthers

The Last Panthers · 2015

The Last Panthers

SeriesCrimeDrama

The six-part series opens with a daring diamond heist before quickly delving into the dark heart of Europe where a shadowy alliance of gangsters and 'banksters' now rules. Naomi is the British loss adjustor charged with recovering the stolen diamonds whatever the cost. Also in pursuit is French-Algerian policeman Khalil.

Director

Bornebusch i tevefabriken

Bornebusch i tevefabriken · 2016

Bornebusch i tevefabriken

SeriesDocumentary

Actress and writer Josephine Bornebusch takes a dive into the world of tv-series and meets the stars and the people behind the successes.

Guest