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.

[1] His mother, Georgann Freasier, was a social worker, and his father, Louis Renaud, was a salesman.

[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.

[5] 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.