Joachim Rønning

Birth : 1972-05-30, Sandefjord, Norway

History

Joachim Rønning is a Norwegian film director who usually works in a team with Espen Sandberg - both natives of Sandefjord, Norway. As a directing team, they go under the name of Roenberg (their last names put together). They co-own one of Scandinavia's largest production companies for commercials called Motion Blur. In 2006 their feature film debut, Bandidas, starring Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek, was released worldwide through EuropaCorp and Twentieth Century Fox. The movie was written and produced by legendary French filmmaker Luc Besson. Joachim Rønning has two daughters with his wife Kristin. They live in Oslo, Norway. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joachim Rønning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Movies

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Director

Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Director

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy.

Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes

Executive Producer

Before he lost his sight. Before he pledged his service to Kublai Khan. Hundred Eyes saw what made him into the deadly assassin who trains Marco Polo.

Beatles

Executive Producer

At long last, one of the most important novels in Norwegian history will be made into a film. Beatles relates the story of four Oslo boys born in 1951 and hooked on The Beatles, from the time they as seventh graders find themselves on the threshold of the adult world. The film is all about boyish pranks, hopes, disappointments, and of course about pretty girls, hopeless infatuations, drunkenness and parties. The world is changing, and so is the friendship between the boys. But the conclusion is, true friendship endures all - and no band in the world is better than The Beatles.

Kon-Tiki

Director

The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

Max Manus: Man of War

Director

Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.

Kubisten

Writer

Kubisten is the story of a man who is so rigid that all and everything square attracts him. One day he meets a woman and discovers that the shape of love is round.

Kubisten

Director

Kubisten is the story of a man who is so rigid that all and everything square attracts him. One day he meets a woman and discovers that the shape of love is round.

Bandidas

Director

Set in the late 19th century. When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.

TRON: Ares

Director

The third installment of Disney's 'Tron' franchise.

Untitled Pirates of the Caribbean Project

Director

The plot is unknown at this time. Sixth installment of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' franchise . Depp not interested, Disney cancelled it.

Young Woman and The Sea

Director

The story of the record-making swimmer's successful 1926 crossing of the English Channel, offering insight into the significance of her accomplishment, the personal price she paid for her achievement, and her abrupt subsequent departure from the public eye.

Micro

Director

A group of graduate students are lured to Hawaii to work for a mysterious biotech company — only to find themselves miniaturized and cast out into the rainforest, with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them.