Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
🎙️ Dive deeper into the making of Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud with our exclusive interview with director Craig Renaud
youtu.be/l8rTUOBeYEo
On March 13, 2022, filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed by Russian soldiers – the first American journalist to die while reporting on the war in Ukraine. His younger brother and collaborator, Craig Renaud, recovered Brent’s body and his final recordings from Ukraine and brought them back to their childhood home in Arkansas. As Brent’s journey to his final resting place unfolds, the film chronicles the years he and his brother spent covering some of the world’s most dangerous conflicts.
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// Credits //
Co-Directors: Craig Renaud, Brent Renaud
Executive Producers: Jon Alpert, Lisa Heller, Nancy Abraham, Tina Nguyen
Producers: Juan Arredondo, Christof Putzel
Editors: Craig Renaud, Brent Renaud, Juan Arredondo, Jon Alpert, Naomi Mizoguchi, Jean Tsien
Cinematographers: Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud, Jon Alpert, Juan Arredondo, Christof Putzel, Stephen Bailey, Andy Sarjahani
Music: Bonnie Montgomery, Nathan Mills, Peter Adams, Luca Mattison Tafoya, Jonathan Camps, Nicola Moneta
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🎙️ Dive deeper into the making of Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud with our exclusive interview with director Craig Renaud
youtu.be/l8rTUOBeYEo
On March 13, 2022, filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed by Russian soldiers – the first American journalist to die while reporting on the war in Ukraine. His younger brother and collaborator, Craig Renaud, recovered Brent’s body and his final recordings from Ukraine and brought them back to their childhood home in Arkansas. As Brent’s journey to his final resting place unfolds, the film chronicles the years he and his brother spent covering some of the world’s most dangerous conflicts.
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Podcast: pod.link/192507317
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// Credits //
Co-Directors: Craig Renaud, Brent Renaud
Executive Producers: Jon Alpert, Lisa Heller, Nancy Abraham, Tina Nguyen
Producers: Juan Arredondo, Christof Putzel
Editors: Craig Renaud, Brent Renaud, Juan Arredondo, Jon Alpert, Naomi Mizoguchi, Jean Tsien
Cinematographers: Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud, Jon Alpert, Juan Arredondo, Christof Putzel, Stephen Bailey, Andy Sarjahani
Music: Bonnie Montgomery, Nathan Mills, Peter Adams, Luca Mattison Tafoya, Jonathan Camps, Nicola Moneta
#CraigRenaud #ArmedOnlywithaCamera #BrentRenaud #BestDocumentaryShort #oscars #oscarnominee #foryourconsideration #documentary #shortfilm
