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Brent Renaud

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Brent Renaud
Renaud in 2007
BornOctober 2, 1971Edit this on Wikidata
Memphis, Tennessee,U.S.
DiedMarch 13, 2022Edit this on Wikidata(aged 50)
Irpin,Ukraine
Alma mater
OccupationJournalist,filmmakerEdit this on Wikidata
Awards
Websitehttps://www.renaudbrothers.comEdit this on Wikidata

Brent Anthony Renaud(October 2, 1971[1]– March 13, 2022) was an American journalist, documentary filmmaker, and photojournalist. Renaud worked with his brother Craig to produce films for outlets such asHBOandVice News,and was a former contributor toThe New York Times.According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed on March 13, 2022, byRussian soldierswhile covering theRussian invasion of UkraineinIrpin,a city nearKyiv.

Life and career

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Renaud was born inMemphis, Tennessee,and raised inLittle Rock, Arkansas.[1]His mother, Georgann Freasier, was a social worker, and his father, Louis Renaud, was a salesman.[1]Renaud earned his bachelor's degree in English literature fromSouthern Methodist Universityand a master's degree in sociology fromColumbia University.[1][2][3]

He lived and worked in Little Rock and New York City.[4][5][6]In collaboration with his brother Craig, Brent Renaud produced a series of films and television programs, mostly focusing on humanistic stories from the world's hot spots.[5]From 2004 to 2005, the Renaud brothers filmed theDiscovery ChannelseriesOff to War,which covered Arkansas reservists in theIraqi conflictand their families.[7][8]

The brothers also covered the wars in Iraq andAfghanistan,the2010 earthquake in Haiti,the political crises inEgyptandLibya,conflicts in Africa,Mexican drug war,and therefugee crisis in Central America.[5]They won several awards in television and journalism, including twoDuPont-Columbia Awardsand aPeabody Awardin 2015 for their video series "Last Chance High."[9][10]The brothers directed the documentaryMeth Storm,released in 2017 by HBO Documentary Films.[11]In 2019, Renaud was appointed a visiting professor at theUniversity of Arkansas.[12]Renaud was a 2019Nieman Fellow.[4]Together with his brother, he was a grantee of thePulitzer Center.[13]They also founded theLittle Rock Film Festival.[14]Co-producer for the documentary series Life of Crime: 1984–2020, which was also nominated for aPeabody Awardin 2021.

Death

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According to Ukrainian officials, Renaud was shot and killed byRussian soldiersinIrpin,Kyiv Oblast,Ukraine, while covering the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[15][16][17]Two other journalists were injured and taken to a hospital. One of them,Juan Arredondo[ca],later said in a video published by an Italian journalist on Twitter that the journalists were filming civilians evacuating over one of the bridges in Irpin when they were targeted by soldiers who shot Renaud in the neck.[18]It was the first reported death of a foreign journalist in the 2022 war in Ukraine.[19]

Filmography

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  • Warrior Champions: From Baghdad to Beijing,2009 documentary film directed by Brent and Craig Renaud[20][21]
  • Off to War(series) (2004)
  • Dope Sick Love(2005) documentary film; directed by Felicia Conte, Brent Renaud, and Craig Renaud
  • Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later(2007) documentary film
  • Last Chance High(2015; series)
  • Meth Storm(2017)
  • Shelter(2018) documentary film

References

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  1. ^abcdTraub, Alex (March 13, 2022)."Brent Renaud, Crusading Filmmaker, Is Killed at 50".The New York Times.Archivedfrom the original on March 13, 2022.RetrievedMarch 14,2022.
  2. ^"Brent Renaud, journalist killed in Ukraine, was a SMU grad who mentored at-risk Dallas youth".Dallas News.March 13, 2022.RetrievedMarch 14,2022.
  3. ^Traub, Alex (March 13, 2022)."Brent Renaud, Crusading Filmmaker, Is Killed at 50".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedMarch 15,2022.
  4. ^ab"Brent Renaud Archives".Nieman Reports.
  5. ^abc"Renaud Brothers: Bio".Renaud Brothers.Archived fromthe originalon March 17, 2022.RetrievedMarch 13,2022.
  6. ^"Brent Renaud 1971 – 2022".DCTV.RetrievedSeptember 30,2022.
  7. ^Barnhart, Arron (October 22, 2005)."'Off to War' follows reservists, families ".The Olympian.p. 24.RetrievedMarch 13,2022.
  8. ^Rodriquez, Cristina (August 9, 2004)."Brothers' documentary shows soldiers' true experience".The Springfield News-Leader.p. 4.RetrievedMarch 13,2022.
  9. ^Millar, Lindsey (April 20, 2015)."Renaud brothers win Peabody for 'Last Chance High'".
  10. ^Eifling, Sam (March 16, 2022)."Remembering Brent Renaud, a fearless journalist who focused his camera on vulnerable people around the world".Arkansas Times.
  11. ^Revier, Kevin (February 12, 2018)."Film review: Craig Renaud and Brent Renaud (dirs.), Meth Storm".Crime, Media, Culture.14(3): 511–513.doi:10.1177/1741659018756931.S2CID149296956.
  12. ^"Feature Filmmaker Appointed Visiting Professor".University of Arkansas.September 9, 2019.RetrievedMarch 13,2022.
  13. ^"Renaud brothers".Pulitzer Center.
  14. ^"Founders call Little Rock Film Festival a wrap after 9 years".Arkansas Democrat Gazette.October 1, 2015.RetrievedMarch 13,2022.
  15. ^Woodward, Alex; Harding, David (March 13, 2022)."Award-winning US filmmaker Brent Renaud killed by Russian forces in Ukraine".The Independent.
  16. ^Schwirtz, Michael (March 13, 2022)."Brent Renaud, an American journalist, is killed in Ukraine".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedMarch 13,2022.
  17. ^"U.S. 'Horrified' At Killing Of American Journalist Near Kyiv".RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.RetrievedMarch 15,2022.
  18. ^"'They started shooting at us' – US journalist's colleague ".BBC News.March 13, 2022.RetrievedMarch 13,2022.
  19. ^"US journalist killed near Kyiv".BBC News.March 13, 2022.RetrievedMarch 13,2022.
  20. ^Warrior ChampionsArchivedOctober 6, 2011, at theWayback Machine,Austin Film Festival
  21. ^"Stockton to host screening of 'Warrior Champions: From Baghdad to Beijing'".NJ.com.October 2011.
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