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- Birth nameBrent Anthony Renaud
- Brent Renaud was a Peabody and DuPont Award winning filmmaker and spent the past two decades producing films and television programs with his brother Craig. The Renaud Brothers are best known for telling humanistic stories from the World's hot spots and their projects have covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the earthquake in Haiti, political turmoil in Egypt and Libya, the fight for Mosul, extremism in Africa, cartel violence in Mexico, and the youth refugee crisis in Central America.
Their work has won many of the top awards in television and journalism, including a Peabody Award, two Columbia DuPont Awards, two Overseas Press Club Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, an IDA Award, a DGA nomination for Best Directors and multiple Emmy nominations. Their films have also received critical acclaim in Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Forbes, USA Today, the New York Times, Filmmaker Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and American Cinematographer. Craig and his brother Brent also founded the Little Rock Film Festival and the Arkansas Motion Picture Institute.
- IMDb mini biography by: 501 Film
- ParentsLouis RenaudGeorgann Freasier
- RelativesCraig Renaud(Sibling)
- Shot dead by Russian forces in Irpin, Ukraine on March 13, 2022. His wounded colleague was hospitalized. Russian soldiers opened fire on their car at an Irpin checkpoint as they set out to film refugees crossing border.
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