A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Lauri Harjola
Ренні Гарлін
Ренні Харлін
Birthplace:
Riihimäki, Finland
Born:
March 15, 1959
Renny Harlin (born Lauri Mauritz Harjola on March 15, 1959) is a Finnish film director and producer, known for directing many action and horror movies. Harlin, best known for directing Die Hard 2, is a 4-time nominee for the infamous Golden Raspberry Award for worst film directing. He is, however, 86th on the list of highest grossing directors of all time (based on U.S. domestic gross revenue).
Director:
1979 Custody
1986 Born American
1987 Prison
1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1990 Die Hard 2
1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
1993 Cliffhanger
1995 Cutthroat Island
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight
1999 Deep Blue Sea
2001 Driven
2004 Exorcist: The Beginning
2004 Mindhunters
2006 The Covenant
2007 Cleaner
2009 12 Rounds
2011 5 Days of War
2013 The Dyatlov Pass Incident
2014 The Legend of Hercules
2016 Skiptrace
2018 Legend of the Ancient Sword
2019 Bodies at Rest
2021 Reunion 3: Singles Cruise
2021 The Misfits
2023 Refuge
2023 The Bricklayer
2024 The Strangers: Chapter 1
???? Deep Water
???? Inspector Palmu
???? The Postcard Killer
???? The Strangers: Chapter 2
???? The Strangers: Chapter 3
Executive Producer:
1979 Custody
1986 Born American
1987 Prison
1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1990 Die Hard 2
1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
1993 Cliffhanger
1994 The Foot Shooting Party
1995 Cutthroat Island
1996 Mistrial
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight
1999 Deep Blue Sea
2001 Driven
2004 Exorcist: The Beginning
2004 Mindhunters
2006 The Covenant
2007 Cleaner
2009 12 Rounds
2011 5 Days of War
2011 The Resident
2013 The Dyatlov Pass Incident
2014 The Legend of Hercules
2016 Skiptrace
2018 Legend of the Ancient Sword
2019 Bodies at Rest
2021 Reunion 3: Singles Cruise
2021 The Misfits
2023 Refuge
2023 The Bricklayer
2024 The Strangers: Chapter 1
???? Deep Water
???? Inspector Palmu
???? The Postcard Killer
???? The Strangers: Chapter 2
???? The Strangers: Chapter 3
Producer:
1979 Custody
1986 Born American
1987 Prison
1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1990 Die Hard 2
1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
1991 Rambling Rose
1993 Cliffhanger
1994 Speechless
1994 The Foot Shooting Party
1995 Cutthroat Island
1996 Mistrial
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight
1999 Blast from the Past
1999 Deep Blue Sea
2001 Driven
2004 Exorcist: The Beginning
2004 Mindhunters
2006 The Covenant
2007 Cleaner
2009 12 Rounds
2011 5 Days of War
2011 The Resident
2013 The Dyatlov Pass Incident
2014 The Legend of Hercules
2016 Skiptrace
2018 Legend of the Ancient Sword
2019 Bodies at Rest
2021 Reunion 3: Singles Cruise
2021 The Misfits
2023 Refuge
2023 The Bricklayer
2024 The Strangers: Chapter 1
???? Carrier
???? Deep Water
???? Inspector Palmu
???? The Postcard Killer
???? The Strangers: Chapter 2
???? The Strangers: Chapter 3
Screenplay:
1979 Custody
1986 Born American
1987 Prison
1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1990 Die Hard 2
1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
1991 Rambling Rose
1993 Cliffhanger
1994 Speechless
1994 The Foot Shooting Party
1995 Cutthroat Island
1996 Mistrial
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight
1999 Blast from the Past
1999 Deep Blue Sea
2001 Driven
2004 Exorcist: The Beginning
2004 Mindhunters
2006 The Covenant
2007 Cleaner
2009 12 Rounds
2011 5 Days of War
2011 The Resident
2013 The Dyatlov Pass Incident
2014 The Legend of Hercules
2016 Skiptrace
2018 Legend of the Ancient Sword
2019 Bodies at Rest
2021 Reunion 3: Singles Cruise
2021 The Misfits
2023 Refuge
2023 The Bricklayer
2024 The Strangers: Chapter 1
???? Carrier
???? Deep Water
???? Inspector Palmu
???? The Postcard Killer
???? The Strangers: Chapter 2
???? The Strangers: Chapter 3
Stunt Double:
1979 Custody
1986 Born American
1987 Prison
1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1990 Die Hard 2
1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
1991 Rambling Rose
1993 Cliffhanger
1994 Speechless
1994 The Foot Shooting Party
1995 Cutthroat Island
1996 Mistrial
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight
1999 Blast from the Past
1999 Deep Blue Sea
2001 Driven
2004 Exorcist: The Beginning
2004 Mindhunters
2006 The Covenant
2007 Cleaner
2009 12 Rounds
2011 5 Days of War
2011 The Resident
2013 The Dyatlov Pass Incident
2014 The Legend of Hercules
2016 Skiptrace
2018 Legend of the Ancient Sword
2019 Bodies at Rest
2021 Reunion 3: Singles Cruise
2021 The Misfits
2023 Refuge
2023 The Bricklayer
2024 The Strangers: Chapter 1
???? Carrier
???? Deep Water
???? Inspector Palmu
???? The Postcard Killer
???? The Strangers: Chapter 2
???? The Strangers: Chapter 3
Writer:
1979 Custody
1986 Born American
1987 Prison
1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1990 Die Hard 2
1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
1991 Rambling Rose
1993 Cliffhanger
1994 Speechless
1994 The Foot Shooting Party
1995 Cutthroat Island
1996 Mistrial
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight
1999 Blast from the Past
1999 Deep Blue Sea
2001 Driven
2004 Exorcist: The Beginning
2004 Mindhunters
2006 The Covenant
2007 Cleaner
2009 12 Rounds
2011 5 Days of War
2011 The Resident
2013 The Dyatlov Pass Incident
2014 The Legend of Hercules
2016 Skiptrace
2018 Legend of the Ancient Sword
2019 Bodies at Rest
2021 Reunion 3: Singles Cruise
2021 The Misfits
2023 Refuge
2023 The Bricklayer
2024 The Strangers: Chapter 1
???? Carrier
???? Deep Water
???? Inspector Palmu
???? The Postcard Killer
???? The Strangers: Chapter 2
???? The Strangers: Chapter 3
Director:
1993 Gladiaattorit
2007 Burn Notice
2009 White Collar
2010 Covert Affairs
2013 Graceland
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Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.