Joachim R�nning 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. They co-own one of Scandinavia's largest production companies for commercials called Motion Blur. In 2006 their feature film debut, Bandidas, starring Pen�lope Cruz and Salma Hayek, was released worldwide through EuropaCorp and Twentieth Century Fox. The film was written and produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson. His 2012 film Kon-Tiki was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. The duo will be directing the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Joachim Roenning has two daughters with his wife Kristin. They live in Oslo, Norway. [More at Wikipedia]

May 30th, 1972 in Sandefjord (Age 52)