Quick Facts
Biography
Bo Johan Renck (born 5 December 1966) is a Swedish director of music videos, TV and film. He is an occasional recording artist using the moniker Stakka Bo.
Biography
Renck was born on 5 December 1966 in Uppsala, Sweden.
Career
Music
Stakka Bo scored a hit single in 1993/1994 with the song "Here We Go", which peaked at #13 in the UK Singles Chart. The song appears in an episode of the animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head. In the episode, Beavis states he thinks "Ace of Base sucks." "Here We Go" is also featured in the feature films Prêt-à-porter, Never Been Kissed, Alien Autopsy and in the video game UEFA Euro 2004.
Music videos
He has directed music videos for a number of artists including Madonna's "Hung Up" and "Nothing Really Matters", Kylie Minogue's "Love at First Sight", All Saints' "Black Coffee", Robyn's "Handle Me", Robbie Williams's "Tripping" and "She's Madonna", The Libertines' "What Became of the Likely Lads", Suede's "She's in Fashion", New Order's "Crystal" and "Krafty", Beyoncé's "Me, Myself and I", Chris Cornell's "Can't Change Me", The Knife's "Pass This On", Fever Ray's "Seven" and Bat for Lashes' "Daniel". In 2012 he directed the music video "Blue Velvet" for Lana Del Rey which was also used for the commercial campaign by H&M, as well as the music video for "Wild" by Beach House. In 2015 he directed the ten-minute video for David Bowie's "Blackstar", as well as the video for Bowie's "Lazarus" that appeared in January 2016.
Film and television
Renck directed three episodes of AMC television drama Breaking Bad, one episode of The Walking Dead and one episode of Halt and Catch Fire. Renck's first feature film, Downloading Nancy, 2008 premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 21 January 2008 in Park City, Utah. In addition, Renck directed a fashion art film called Decadent Control for Imagine Fashion, which premiered in March 2011. It featured fashion from Agent Provocateur and H&M and starred Roberto Cavalli, Eva Herzigová, Kirsty Hume and Brad Kroenig.
Discography
Albums
- Supermarket (1993)
- The Great Blondino (1995)
- Jr. (2001)
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | NOR | NED | BEL (FLA) | GER | AUT | SWI | IRE | UK | US Alter. | |||
| 1991 | "We Got the Atmosphere" (with E-Type) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | singles only |
| 1992 | "Numania 1" (with E-Type) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | "Here We Go" | 4 | 10 | 23 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 20 | Supermarket |
| "Down the Drain" | 24 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 22 | — | 64 | — | ||
| "Living It Up" | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994 | "On Your Knees" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "We" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995 | "Great Blondino" | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Great Blondino |
| 1996 | "Softroom" | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "We Vie" (with Titiyo, Fleshquartet & Nåid) | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Jr. | |
| 2001 | "Mute" | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Killer" | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Love of a Woman" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||