FILM DIRECTOR

Renny Harlin

1959 - Today

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Renny Harlin (born Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola; 15 March 1959) is a Finnish film director, producer, and screenwriter who has worked in Hollywood, Europe, and China. He is known for directing films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Deep Blue Sea. Harlin's films have grossed over $520 million in the United States and over $1.2 billion in the worldwide aggregate box office, making him the 151st highest-grossing director in the global film market as of October 2022, and the most internationally successful Finnish filmmaker in terms of revenue. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Renny Harlin is the 509th most popular film director (down from 485th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Finland (down from 103rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Renny Harlin ranks 509 out of 2,041. Before him are Elio Petri, Hiroshi Inagaki, J. J. Abrams, Vicente Aranda, Clarence Brown, and Richard Thorpe. After him are Werner Schroeter, Glauber Rocha, Ján Kadár, Mike Leigh, Don Bluth, and Louis Feuillade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Renny Harlin ranks 136. Before him are Sean Young, Alan Wilder, Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior, Peter Mensah, Allison Janney, and Catherine Keener. After him are Saïd Aouita, Suzanne Vega, Anatoly Onoprienko, Nagarjuna, Christian Thielemann, and Vanity.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Renny Harlin ranks 112 out of 751. Before him are Mika Salo (1966), Amélie Lundahl (1850), Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861), Oskar Merikanto (1868), Ilmari Salminen (1902), and Elissa Aalto (1922). After him are Gustaf John Ramstedt (1873), Kalevi Sorsa (1930), Toivo Mikael Kivimäki (1886), Mika Kaurismäki (1955), Walter Jakobsson (1882), and Eemil Nestor Setälä (1864).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Finland

Among film directors born in Finland, Renny Harlin ranks 2. Before him are Aki Kaurismäki (1957). After him are Mika Kaurismäki (1955), Mauritz Stiller (1883), Jörn Donner (1933), Edvin Laine (1905), and Matti Kassila (1924).

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