Brent Renaud Explained

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Caption:Renaud in 2007
Birth Place:Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Death Place:Irpin, Ukraine
Death Cause:Gunshot wounds during the battle of Irpin

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 as HBO and Vice News, and was a former contributor to The New York Times. According to Ukrainian officials, he was killed on March 13, 2022, by Russian soldiers while covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Irpin, a city near Kyiv.

Life and career

Renaud was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. His mother, Georgann Freasier, was a social worker, and his father, Louis Renaud, was a salesman. Renaud earned his bachelor's degree in English literature from Southern Methodist University and a master's degree in sociology from Columbia University.[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. From 2004 to 2005, the Renaud brothers filmed the Discovery Channel series Off to War, which covered Arkansas reservists in the Iraqi conflict and their families.[7] [8]

The brothers also covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the political crises in Egypt and Libya, conflicts in Africa, Mexican drug war, and the refugee crisis in Central America. They won several awards in television and journalism, including two DuPont-Columbia Awards and a Peabody Award in 2015 for their video series "Last Chance High."[9] [10] The brothers directed the documentary Meth Storm, released in 2017 by HBO Documentary Films.[11] In 2019, Renaud was appointed a visiting professor at the University of Arkansas.[12] Renaud was a 2019 Nieman Fellow. Together with his brother, he was a grantee of the Pulitzer Center.[13] They also founded the Little Rock Film Festival.[14] Co-producer for the documentary series Life of Crime: 1984–2020, which was also nominated for a Peabody Award in 2021.

Death

According to Ukrainian officials, Renaud was shot and killed by Russian soldiers in Irpin, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, while covering the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[15] [16] [17] Two other journalists were injured and taken to a hospital. One of them,, 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Traub . Alex . Brent Renaud, Crusading Filmmaker, Is Killed at 50 . subscription . March 14, 2022 . The New York Times . March 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313221012/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/obituaries/brent-renaud-dead.html . March 13, 2022. live.
  2. Web site: March 13, 2022 . Brent Renaud, journalist killed in Ukraine, was a SMU grad who mentored at-risk Dallas youth . March 14, 2022 . Dallas News . en.
  3. News: Traub . Alex . 2022-03-13 . Brent Renaud, Crusading Filmmaker, Is Killed at 50 . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-03-15 . 0362-4331.
  4. Web site: Brent Renaud Archives. Nieman Reports.
  5. Web site: Renaud Brothers: Bio . Renaud Brothers . March 13, 2022 . March 17, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220317185455/https://www.renaudbrothers.com/bio . dead .
  6. Web site: Brent Renaud 1971 – 2022. September 30, 2022. DCTV.
  7. News: Barnhart . Arron . October 22, 2005 . 'Off to War' follows reservists, families . 24 . The Olympian . March 13, 2022.
  8. News: Rodriquez . Cristina . August 9, 2004 . Brothers' documentary shows soldiers' true experience . 4 . The Springfield News-Leader . March 13, 2022.
  9. Web site: Renaud brothers win Peabody for 'Last Chance High'. Lindsey. Millar. April 20, 2015.
  10. News: Eifling . Sam . Remembering Brent Renaud, a fearless journalist who focused his camera on vulnerable people around the world . Arkansas Times . 16 March 2022.
  11. Film review: Craig Renaud and Brent Renaud (dirs.), Meth Storm. Kevin. Revier. February 12, 2018. Crime, Media, Culture. 14. 3. 511–513. 10.1177/1741659018756931. 149296956.
  12. Web site: September 9, 2019 . Feature Filmmaker Appointed Visiting Professor . March 13, 2022 . University of Arkansas.
  13. Web site: Renaud brothers . Pulitzer Center.
  14. News: October 1, 2015 . Founders call Little Rock Film Festival a wrap after 9 years . Arkansas Democrat Gazette . March 13, 2022.
  15. Web site: Award-winning US filmmaker Brent Renaud killed by Russian forces in Ukraine. Alex . Woodward . David . Harding . March 13, 2022. The Independent.
  16. News: Schwirtz . Michael . March 13, 2022 . Brent Renaud, an American journalist, is killed in Ukraine. . en-US . The New York Times . March 13, 2022 . 0362-4331.
  17. News: U.S. 'Horrified' At Killing Of American Journalist Near Kyiv . 2022-03-15 . RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty . en.
  18. News: 'They started shooting at us' – US journalist's colleague . March 13, 2022 . BBC News . March 13, 2022 . en-gb.
  19. News: US journalist killed near Kyiv . March 13, 2022 . BBC News . March 13, 2022 .
  20. http://aff.bside.com/2009/films/warriorchampions_craigrenaud_aff2009;jsessionid=28B10C9524CF17C31215A7884225424E Warrior Champions
  21. Web site: Stockton to host screening of 'Warrior Champions: From Baghdad to Beijing'. NJ.com. October 2011.

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