Award-winning documentary filmmaker and TV producer, American Brent Renaud, killed on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital this Sunday (13), had experience covering various conflicts around the world.
According to his profile at the Pulitzer Center, for which he was a fellow, the 50-year-old journalist had already recorded the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the effects of the Haiti earthquake, the dispute between drug cartels in Mexico and the political upheaval in Egypt, among other risk situations.
This Sunday (13), Kiev police announced that the American had been killed in an attack in Irpin, on the outskirts of the capital, a region that has been the target of a strong Russian offensive.
In a video recorded in a hospital, American journalist Juan Diego Arredondo says he was with Renaud in Irpin this Sunday (13) and that they were going to record in a refugee camp in the region. After passing a checkpoint, they were shot at and Renaud was shot in the neck. Arredondo, who was injured, said he did not know how his colleague was doing.
Brent Renaud was divided between New York and the city of Little Rock, in the state of Arkansas.
Throughout his career, he has collaborated with media outlets such as The New York Times, HBO, Discovery Channel and NBC.
After his death, Kiev police announced that he was a correspondent for the Times, but a spokeswoman for the American media outlet clarified that he was not in Ukraine on business for the company and that the confusion arose because an old credential was found. newspaper in his belongings.
Renaud used to work with his brother, Craig, with whom he founded the film production company Renaud Brothers. According to the biography on the company’s website, the pair have spent the last decade “telling true human stories from the world’s most dangerous places.”
The producer’s last post on Facebook, from five days ago, features a photo of Ukrainian families waiting for transport to flee the conflict.
The Renaud brothers have won important awards such as the Peabody Award, IDA Award, Overseas Press Club Awards, Columbia Dupont Awards and Edward R. Murrow.
