Brent Roske is the founder of the Flamingo Network on Roku as well as a film and television director. Roske is the former Creative Director for NBC Skycastle and MJA Advertising.
His works include the feature film Diana In Love, shortlisted for Best Actress TV Movie, Golden Globes, Radford Motors with TV host Ant Anstead and Jenson Button.[1] [2] He directed PSA the Got Your 6 with singer Gavin DeGraw. Roske appears with Lasse Hallstrom, Colm Bairead, and Shanti Fiennes in an Apple podcast.[3]
Roske has been nominated for three Emmy Awards and received a Los Angeles Commemorative Emmy Award for producing a special for NBC Sports.
Brent Roske is the former Creative Director for NBC Skycastle and MJA Advertising. Projects include Radford: Cars & Guitars for Discovery+ and Justice 4 Vets, which premiered at a gala on the Warner Brothers backlot hosted by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald. Roske wrote and directed the political drama Chasing the Hill and the sequel Courting Des Moines. Roske hosted the bi-partisan TV series Roske on Politics (Emmy Award nominee for Best Politics/ Government Program), featuring conversations with the presidential candidates, politicians, journalists, entertainers and community leaders.[4] Roske was a creative director at NBC Universal for nine years earning an Emmy Award.
The Des Moines Register wrote an article titled Consider Iowa - California Transplants Collaborate On Video Praising States Charms about a video Roske directed starring professional skateboarder Mike Vallely.[5]
In 2014, Roske ran for US Congress in California's 33rd district while living on a yacht anchored off Marina del Rey.[6] He was an independent candidate in the 2018 Iowa gubernatorial election, and was endorsed by Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss.[7] In 2019, Roske joined the John Delaney 2020 presidential campaign as the Iowa State Director.[8] [9]
The day after the US House of Representatives passed HR51, DC Shadow Senator Paul Strauss tweeted: 'In honor of Brent Roske's birthday, I do hereby proclaim him to be an Ambassador of the District of Columbia (AODC) and thank him for all he has done to advance DC Statehood.'[10]