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Brent Renaud

Brent Renaud

Director, editor, cinematographer and producer · Died March 13, 2022, aged 50 · Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Directors Guild Award nominee

Brent Renaud (October 2, 1971 - March 13, 2022) was an American journalist and documentary filmmaker. He was fatally shot by Russian forces on Sunday March 13, 2022 while on assignment in Ukraine.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 2, 1971
Died
March 13, 2022 (aged 50)
From
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Works as
Director, editor, cinematographer and producer
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all

What are Brent Renaud's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Survival.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 6

Grounded 10 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 4

Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 2 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 7

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
7
Contemplative
5
Tense
5
Hopeful
5
Dread
2
Other
6

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Brent Renaud's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (6).

Subscription and free streaming for Brent Renaud's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

14 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.

  • Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud(2025)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • Above & Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director

  • State of the Art(2019)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Shelter(2016)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Meth Storm(2017)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Dayveon(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Last Chance High(2014)

    Show Director · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Warrior Champions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later(2007)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Dope Sick Love(2005)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Off to War - From Rural Arkansas to Iraq (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 3 episodes · Creator · Editor · Producer

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 2004 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing7 of 11: 5 only directing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score81stProducing4 of 11: 0 only producing, 4 with another roleCinematography4 of 11: 1 only cinematography, 3 with another roleEditing5 of 11: 1 only editing, 4 with another roleOther crew1 of 11: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

11 titles, 4 with more than one role — directing and editing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2000s6 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Nominated for a Directors Guild Award in 2006, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Brent Renaud's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

21stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th6

Reviewers score the atmosphere 77/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Brent Renaud work with?

People who share at least 2 of Brent Renaud's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Craig Renaud shares the most, 9.

Directors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers