Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin

  • Born: 1959-3-15
  • Birthplace: Franklin, United Kingdom
  • Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m)
  • Profession: Director, screenwriter, actor
  • Nationality: Finland
  • Representative Works: Bodies at Rest, Cliffhanger, Jedi Run, Die Hard 2: Die Harder
  • Renny Harlin (Renny Harlin), born in Finland in 1959, is a director, screenwriter, producer and actor. [1] 
    In 1985, he directed the first film "Out of Siberia". Representative works include " Die Hard 2: Die Harder ", " Cliffhanger ", " The Long Kiss Goodnight ", " Deep Blue Sea " and " Bodies at Rest ". [2] 
    On August 24, 2020, Renny Harlin, Jiang Defu and Iwai Shunji talked about how to break the co-production film at the "Beijing International Film Festival Chinese and Foreign Film Cooperation Forum". [3] 

    Early Experience

    Renny Harlin was born in Finland in 1959. Both parents are medical staff. At the age of 13, he had a passion for the film industry and determined to be a film producer. When studying in the film department of Helsingin yliopisto , he extensively studied various film productions and shot many documentaries and commercials. Participated in Finnish TV production at the age of 21 and directed TV dramas at the age of 24. 
    In 1985, at the age of 26, he directed his first film, the prison escape film "Out of Siberia", a collaboration between Finland and the United States, which was banned because of some negative depictions of the Soviet Union. In the late 1980s, he went to the United States and was a new director favored by Flowserve. He has produced many successful action films such as "Die Hard Sequel", " Cliffhanger " ( Cliffhanger ), " Cutthroat Islad " and other successful action films, laying the foundation for his strong position as an action film director.
    In 1993, he married female star Geena Davis and established a film production company together, but failed because of the filming of " Cutthroat Islad ". Later, he directed a series of action movies with good box office in " The Long Kiss Goodnight ", " Most Ghost Street IV ", and " Driven ", regaining momentum and becoming a first-line action film director.
    Extended Reading

    Cutthroat Island quotes

    • Dawg: [after boarding Morgan's ship] Who wants to die first?

    • [first lines]

      Lieutenant: [Morgan is getting dressed into her pirating capri pants and vest] You're leaving? But I thought you and I were forever... I want you so badly!

      Glasspoole: [shouts from outside] Morgan! Morgan!

      Lieutenant: [pulls a pistol on a surprised Morgan; with a heavy accent and over Glasspoole's shouts] But then... so does the Governor of Port Royal! He will be pleased by the capture of Morgan Adams the PIRATE.

      Morgan Adams: You knew who I was?

      Lieutenant: All along.

      Glasspoole: [scene show Glasspoole waiting with Bowen on their horses] Morgan! Where are you?

      Morgan Adams: [sternly] You are heartless, Lieutenant.

      Lieutenant: [apologetically] My apologies, señorita.

      Morgan Adams: [suddenly smiles; as she puts her belt on] But... You are right! I thought it more amusing this way. In fact, *I* knew that *You* knew... By the way, that won't work.

      [the lieutenant looks confused. King Charles, Morgan's pet monkey, hands Morgan something; which she reveals to be the lieutenant's pistol's bullets]

      Morgan Adams: See? I took your balls.

      [She leaves with King Charles; leaving the lieutenant dumbfounded with his empty pistol]