14 Facts About Renn Hawkey

Renn McDonnell Hawkey was born on March 29,1974 and is an American musician, songwriter, film producer, and occasional actor.

Renn Hawkey played the synthesizer for the industrial rock band Deadsy, performing on their self-titled debut album and subsequent releases Commencement and Phantasmagore.

In 2011, Hawkey served as musical director and producer on his wife Vera Farmiga's directorial debut film Higher Ground, and in 2017, he executive produced the documentary film Unspoken.

Renn Hawkey was born in New York City, and grew up in Ossining, New York.

Renn Hawkey has four full siblings: Adam, a film compositor and colorist, Robin, a chiropractor, Timothy, a marketing managing director, and Molly, an actress and comedian.

Renn Hawkey has two paternal half-siblings from his father's first marriage: William, a headmaster of The Pennington School, and Elisabeth, a corporate chef.

Renn Hawkey attended the Hyde School in Maine, where he met future bandmate Elijah Blue Allman, and subsequently spent a semester studying at Sarah Lawrence College.

Renn Hawkey was the third member to join Deadsy after frontman Elijah Blue Allman sent him a Juno-106 synth and a demo tape made by Allman and drummer Alec Puro.

Each member of the band represented a color and "entity", with Renn Hawkey's being yellow and science and medicine, respectively.

In 2002, Renn Hawkey worked with Thirty Seconds to Mars on their self-titled debut album, playing the synthesizer on the song "Capricorn ".

The band went on hiatus in April 2007, after which Renn Hawkey began a career in carpentry.

In 2011, Renn Hawkey served as the music director to his wife's directorial debut Higher Ground.

Renn Hawkey served as an executive producer on the documentary film Unspoken.

In 2004, Renn Hawkey began dating actress Vera Farmiga after being introduced by mutual friend Allen Hughes on the set of Touching Evil.