Renny Harlin
- Born: 15 Mar, 1958
A producer and action movie director of the 1990s, Renny Harlin began his career making shorts and documentaries in his native Finland. His "Hold On" won the Finish Film Board Award as Best Short Subject of 1982, and when he moved to the USA in the mid-80s, he crafted "Born American" (1986), bankrolling the first 20 minutes with his own money before acquiring the financing to complete it. Banned in Finland, this rough-and-tumble action movie received little play in the States but attracted the attention of Irwin Yablans who enlisted Harlan to direct "Prison" (1987), a project ideally suited to someone whose father had been a prison doctor. Distribution headaches kept this movie from a wider audience but earned Harlan the chance to direct "Nightmare on Elm...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father : physician
- mother : nurse
- son : born August 1997; mother, Tiffany Browne
- Laura Dern: Harlin produced "Rambling Rose" (1991)
- wife Geena Davis: married September 18, 1993; separated amicably in April 1997; Davis filed for divorce in August 1997; finalized in 1998
- Tiffany Browne: had brief relationship with Browne that resulted in birth of Harlin's son in August 1997
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