Potsdam-based Johannes Repka is regarded as one of the most versatile German film composers of his generation. He was nominated for the German Film Award 2022 for his score for the Andreas Dresen directed feature film Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush, which premiered in the Competition section at Berlin International Film Festival 2022.

After having studied guitar and composition in Mannheim and Weimar, Johannes Repka obtained postgraduate composition and arrangement degrees and graduated at the Film and Television University Konrad Wolf (HFF) in Potsdam-Babelsberg in Film Music.

Prior to his studies in Film Music, Repka already worked on successful film productions such as the international coproduction Return of the Storks which was among the national nominees of the Oscar Academy Awards 2008. Furthermore, he received the Franz-Grothe-Prize for the best up-and-coming film composer in 2011 and wrote the score for the highly praised feature film Die Kriegerin (Combat Girls) by David Wnendt, which received international and German awards, among them the German Film Award in diverse categories in 2012. In 2014, Repka was nominated for the German Film Music Award as well as for the Peer Raben Music Award for his score for Erik Schmitt’s short film Forever Over whose short film Berlin Metanoia with a score by Repka was premiered at Berlin International Film Festival 2016. 

Johannes Repka received the Czech Film Award 2016 for his score for Schmitke, directed by Štepán Altrichter and was nominated for the German Film Awards 2017 for his score for Andreas Dresen's adaptation of Timm Thaler. Furthermore, he was nominated for the German Film Music Award 2019 for his soundtrack for Cleo, directed by Erik Schmitt.

Besides working for film, TV productions and theatre, Johannes Repka regularly works as guitar player and orchestrator, amongst others for the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester (DSO) and the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg.