Johan Renck
Birthday: 5 December 1966, Sweden
Height: 190 cm
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 comme ...Show More
[Talking about growing up in Stockholm's suburbs] I've never been a frustrated person because I lear Show more
[Talking about growing up in Stockholm's suburbs] I've never been a frustrated person because I learned at a very young age that the frustration I had inside of me had to do with creativity and the ability to transform that into action. I realized very early my restlessness had to be channelled into things I could do. I played in bands very very young. I painted, I did photography, all kinds of things. I was never frustrated. We did lots of little projects, we had fun. I never had the feeling of being trapped in a suburb. Hide
I've become more and more inclined in my work to discover what sort of emotions I like to portray. A Show more
I've become more and more inclined in my work to discover what sort of emotions I like to portray. And I think my favourite emotion is melancholy and some sort of bittersweet darkness, which I think is a very Swedish thing actually. I totally think there is a Scandinavian melancholy. I don't think you can say exactly why, I suppose it is about light or weather conditions or something like that. Melancholy is a great feeling and if you feel a little bit it's very easy to dial it up by putting on a piece of music or whatever it is you do. You'll find Swedes -- maybe not as much as the Finns -- thriving in melancholy. Hide
Johan Renck's FILMOGRAPHY
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