Age: 59
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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 forces with childhood friend director Jonas Åkerlund. They established a new production company, Renck Åkerlund Films, which immediately became one of the leaders of its kind in Sweden. During the same time he worked with his music project, Stakka Bo, with big success and a lot of his time was occupied by the music career. In 1997 he started to work as a director full time and quickly became a well-known name worldwide and in 1999 he was working with Madonna and Nike among others.
In HBO’s Arkham Asylum, the eerie corridors of Gotham’s psychiatric hospital hold more than just the city’s most dangerous criminals—they house the fractured minds and tormented souls of Gotham’s rogues. When a new psychiatrist arrives, eager to reform the asylum, she quickly realizes the immense psychological toll it takes. With each session, she delves deeper into the twisted psyches of patients like Joker, Two-Face, and Poison Ivy, slowly unraveling not only their dark pasts but her own vulnerabilities as well. As sinister events escalate within Arkham’s shadowed halls, it becomes clear that a hidden force is manipulating both staff and inmates. The lines between sanity and madness blur, and the asylum itself seems to take on a life of its own, twisting reality. Struggling to retain her grip on reality, the doctor must confront Arkham’s true nature and her own inner demons before they consume her. Arkham Asylum explores the terrifying allure of madness, the fragility of the mind, and the thin line separating hero from villain in Gotham’s darkest depths.
