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Rankin

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The Great British Photography Challenge
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The Great British Photography Challenge (2021– )
Rankin was born in 1966 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is a director and producer, known for The Lives of the Saints (2006), Hardwire (2013) and Renegade TV Gets Dazed (1998). He has been married to Tuuli Shipster since June 2009. He was previously married to Kate Hardie.
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    The Lives of the Saints (2006)
    The Lives of the Saints
    4.9
    • Director
    • 2006
    Marc Warren and Laura Haddock in Hardwire (2013)
    Hardwire
    5.9
    Short
    • Director
    • 2013
    Renegade TV Gets Dazed (1998)
    Renegade TV Gets Dazed
    TV Special
    • Director
    • 1998
    Tear it Up (2012)
    Tear it Up
    Short
    • Director
    • 2012

    Credits

    IMDbPro

    Director

    • Heidi Klum: Sunglasses at Night (2024)
      Heidi Klum: Sunglasses at Night
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2024
    • WeddingCake x Heidi Klum x Snoop Dogg: Chai Tea with Heidi
      5.6
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Jonas Blue & AWA: Something Stupid (2021)
      Jonas Blue & AWA: Something Stupid
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Rolls Royce Ghost (2020)
      Rolls Royce Ghost
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Emeli Sandé: I'll Get There (The Other Side)
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Professor Green Feat. Alice Chater: Got it All (2019)
      Professor Green Feat. Alice Chater: Got it All
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Dido: Take You Home (2019)
      Dido: Take You Home
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Busted: Radio
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Boy George & Culture Club: Life
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, Little Mix, Leigh-Anne, and Jesy Nelson in Little Mix Feat. Sharaya J: Strip (2018)
      Little Mix Feat. Sharaya J: Strip
      8.2
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Busted: Nineties
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Love Advent (2011)
      Love Advent
      4.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2018
    • Feder x Make Up for Ever: Breathe
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Jessie J: Can't Take My Eyes Off You X Make Up for Ever (2016)
      Jessie J: Can't Take My Eyes Off You X Make Up for Ever
      5.8
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Cheryl in StormFlower Platinum (2016)
      StormFlower Platinum
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016

    Producer

    • Driven
      • executive producer
      • Development Unknown
    • The Call (2023)
      The Call
      7.0
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • RaveON
      Short
      • senior executive producer
      • 2016
    • Nightcrawlers of Phnom Penh
      Short
      • senior executive producer
      • 2016
    • Max Beesley Snr in Band Call (2015)
      Band Call
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Anna Friel in Advent (2014)
      Advent
      6.2
      Short
      • senior executive producer
      • 2014
    • Between Places
      Short
      • senior executive producer
      • 2014
    • Serious Swimmers (2014)
      Serious Swimmers
      Short
      • senior executive producer
      • 2014
    • Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow
      Short
      • senior executive producer
      • 2014
    • A Kindness
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Rankin Presents: Collabor8te
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Anywhere But Here (2014)
      Anywhere But Here
      Short
      • senior executive producer
      • 2014
    • Tracks (2014)
      Tracks
      7.8
      Short
      • senior executive producer
      • 2014
    • Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime (2014)
      Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime
      7.9
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Balance (2014)
      Balance
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Birgitte Hjort Sørensen in The Gas Man (2014)
      The Gas Man
      6.4
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2014

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story (2009)
      Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story
      7.3
      • photographer
      • 2009
    • Geri Halliwell-Horner, Emma Bunton, Melanie C, Victoria Beckham, Mel B, and Spice Girls in Spice Girls: Live in Istanbul (1997)
      Spice Girls: Live in Istanbul
      7.6
      Video
      • photography: cover shot
      • 1997
    • Introducing Morrissey (1996)
      Introducing Morrissey
      8.6
      Video
      • photography
      • 1996

    Videos1

    The Great British Photography Challenge
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    The Great British Photography Challenge

    Personal details

    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Alternative names
      • John Waddell "Rankin"
    • Born
      • 1966
      • Glasgow, Scotland, UK
    • Spouses
        Tuuli ShipsterJune 2009 - present
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Interview
      • 1 Article

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    • Trivia
      Publishes the magazines RANK, Dazed & Confused, and Another Magazine.
    • Nickname
      • John 'Rankin' Wadell

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