The Dctv Firehouse Cinema – the impressive new venue for documentary film exhibition in Manhattan – will dedicate its lobby tonight in honor of late documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud.
Renaud’s brother, Craig Renaud, will emcee the private event alongside Dctv co-founder and co-executive director Jon Alpert. Additional family and friends of Renaud are expected at the tribute, which will include a presentation of excerpts from the director’s films, and a discussion of his work with guest speakers.
Renaud was on assignment in Ukraine in March for Time studios when a vehicle he was riding in came under fire from Russian forces at a checkpoint near Irpin, just outside of Kyiv. He was killed and another occupant of the car, photojournalist Juan Arredondo, was injured.
Brent Renaud, 1971-2022
“Migration under desperate circumstances, the focus of Mr. Renaud’s last project, was a recurring theme for him,” The New York Times reported...
Renaud’s brother, Craig Renaud, will emcee the private event alongside Dctv co-founder and co-executive director Jon Alpert. Additional family and friends of Renaud are expected at the tribute, which will include a presentation of excerpts from the director’s films, and a discussion of his work with guest speakers.
Renaud was on assignment in Ukraine in March for Time studios when a vehicle he was riding in came under fire from Russian forces at a checkpoint near Irpin, just outside of Kyiv. He was killed and another occupant of the car, photojournalist Juan Arredondo, was injured.
Brent Renaud, 1971-2022
“Migration under desperate circumstances, the focus of Mr. Renaud’s last project, was a recurring theme for him,” The New York Times reported...
- 9/30/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
What’s it like to accidentally become confidants with a terrorist? Journalist Christof Putzel found himself in just that position in the early 2010s, when Omar Hammami reached out to him.
Alabama-born Hammami, who had embraced his Muslim roots in high school, moved to Egypt in his early twenties. From there, he joined al-Shabaab and moved to Somalia to fight in the jihad. He became known as Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki — meaning “the American” — and made a series of rapping recruitment videos, which made him a widely studied figure. By 2011, reports...
Alabama-born Hammami, who had embraced his Muslim roots in high school, moved to Egypt in his early twenties. From there, he joined al-Shabaab and moved to Somalia to fight in the jihad. He became known as Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki — meaning “the American” — and made a series of rapping recruitment videos, which made him a widely studied figure. By 2011, reports...
- 11/4/2019
- by Elisabeth Garber-Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Endeavor Audio held its inaugural upfront tonight at the Neuehouse in New York to discuss its upcoming podcast slate. Among the projects are a fictional series produced by Dick Wolf, a docuseries from Adam Levine’s 222 Productions and a WWE-produced podcast with Corey Graves.
Among the projects discussed were Hunted, a fiction series starring Parker Posey from Wolf Entertainment about the U.S. marshals dedicated to capturing the country’s most dangerous fugitives. The logline: When four convicts escape from a maximum-security prison, Deputy Marshal Emily Barnes (Posey) is called in to pursue them on one of the most treacherous and violent manhunts in U.S. history.
Levine’s 222 Entertainment is behind American Jihadi, which explores the deep moral dilemma of journalist Christof Putzel as he navigates a budding friendship with one of the FBI’s Most Wanted terrorists, Omar Hammami.
WWE star Graves hosts After the Bell,...
Among the projects discussed were Hunted, a fiction series starring Parker Posey from Wolf Entertainment about the U.S. marshals dedicated to capturing the country’s most dangerous fugitives. The logline: When four convicts escape from a maximum-security prison, Deputy Marshal Emily Barnes (Posey) is called in to pursue them on one of the most treacherous and violent manhunts in U.S. history.
Levine’s 222 Entertainment is behind American Jihadi, which explores the deep moral dilemma of journalist Christof Putzel as he navigates a budding friendship with one of the FBI’s Most Wanted terrorists, Omar Hammami.
WWE star Graves hosts After the Bell,...
- 10/22/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The third week of the Television Critics Assn. press tour continued Tuesday with presentations from Discovery, Inc. that featured talent across Hgtv, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Food Network and Discovery Channel, while Acorn TV and Starz also brought some new spring series, including the former’s “Manhunt” and “Queens of Mystery” and the latter’s “Now Apocalypse,” “The Rook,” “The Spanish Princess” and the second seasons of “Vida” and “American Gods.”
Here, Variety breaks down five things learned at TCA Day 15.
African and Egyptian Adventures
Although Discovery Channel pulled “Border Live” from the network weeks back, the network is not shying away from live event television overall, announcing a two-hour live broadcast from Egypt, during which a sarcophagus will be opened in search of ancient artifacts. Entitled “Expedition Unknown: Egypt Live,” the special will be hosted by Josh Gates, feature world-renowned Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass and secretary general of the...
Here, Variety breaks down five things learned at TCA Day 15.
African and Egyptian Adventures
Although Discovery Channel pulled “Border Live” from the network weeks back, the network is not shying away from live event television overall, announcing a two-hour live broadcast from Egypt, during which a sarcophagus will be opened in search of ancient artifacts. Entitled “Expedition Unknown: Egypt Live,” the special will be hosted by Josh Gates, feature world-renowned Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass and secretary general of the...
- 2/13/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
America Unearthed has found a new home. The documentary series, which previously aired on A+E Networks-owned H2 has moved to Discovery’s Travel Channel.
This comes after H2 was rebranded to Viceland in 2016.
Travel Channel has ordered ten episodes of the show, which is hosted by original host Scott Wolter. The show follows the geologist, who investigates mysteries and artifacts believed to reveal an alternative history of the North American continent before the United States
The series is produced by Committee Films. It is exec produced by Andy Awes and Maria Awes and Daniel Schwartz.
“Travel Channel is the perfect new home for this show,” said Wolter. “The series has always been known for great storytelling, cutting-edge science and beautiful cinematography, but now my adventures are going to be epic.”
“With a serious built-in fanbase, Scott is ready to get to the bottom of a whole new batch of...
This comes after H2 was rebranded to Viceland in 2016.
Travel Channel has ordered ten episodes of the show, which is hosted by original host Scott Wolter. The show follows the geologist, who investigates mysteries and artifacts believed to reveal an alternative history of the North American continent before the United States
The series is produced by Committee Films. It is exec produced by Andy Awes and Maria Awes and Daniel Schwartz.
“Travel Channel is the perfect new home for this show,” said Wolter. “The series has always been known for great storytelling, cutting-edge science and beautiful cinematography, but now my adventures are going to be epic.”
“With a serious built-in fanbase, Scott is ready to get to the bottom of a whole new batch of...
- 2/12/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Former NBC correspondent Michael Okwu and former CNN journalist Sarah Hoye have been named new correspondents for Al Jazeera America’s daily Joie Chen-hosted primetime news and current affairs mag, America Tonight. Okwu spent five years in Los Angeles with NBC News where he appeared regularly on the Today Show, NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams and MSNBC; he began his career at CNN as a regular on the prime time news mag CNN Newsstand and a reporter at the United Nations. Hoye, at CNN, served as a correspondent in Philadelphia. Okwu and Hoye join the four previously announced America Tonight correspondents – Sheila MacVicar, Adam May, Lori Jane Gilha, Christof Putzel – and Special Correspondent Soledad O’Brien.
- 8/13/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Sheila MacVicar is the latest correspondent hired for Al Jazeera America's new "America Tonight," its primetime evening show. MacVicar, who will be based in Al Jazeera America's Washington, D.C. bureau, joins previously announced correspondents Adam May, Lori Jane Gliha and Christof Putzel, and special correspondent Soledad O'Brien. MacVicar (left) is a three-time Emmy winner who most recently served as international correspondent for CBS News. She previously worked as a foreign correspondent for CNN, ABC News and CBC News. Al Jazeera America is expected to begin airing next month. Related Articles: ...
- 7/15/2013
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
New York – (June 17, 2013) – Al Jazeera America, the new American news channel that will launch later this year, announced today that a one-hour current affairs magazine program called America Tonight will be at the heart of its daily schedule. Former CNN executive producer Kim Bondy will be America Tonight’s senior executive producer. Adam May, Lori Jane Gliha and Christof Putzel will be three of the six national correspondents reporting on the nightly show. America Tonight, which will air at 9:00 p.m., will present in-depth segments each night on the economy, government, education, healthcare and the environment, and include breaking news. The show will incorporate contributions from six correspondents reporting from around the United States. The program will originate from a new, state-of-the-art studio located at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. America Tonight will draw on the global newsgathering resources of Al Jazeera Media Network’s 12 bureaus in the...
- 6/17/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
In "Under the Knife Abroad," "Vanguard" correspondent Adam Yamaguchi travels to India, Mexico and Barbados to investigate medical tourism. Americans are increasingly seeking medical care overseas, often life or death procedures, because they can't afford it here at home. Is healthcare America's next industry to be outsourced to foreign lands? Watch the premiere of "Under the Knife Abroad," Monday, November 14 at 9/8c on Current TV. "Vanguard" is Current TV's documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Unlike sound-bite driven reporting, the show's correspondents, Adam Yamaguchi, Christof Putzel and Mariana van Zeller, serve as trusted guides who take viewers on in-depth...
- 11/13/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Better This World, The Tiniest Place and the other nominations for the 2011 Ida Awards have been announced. The 27th Annual Ida Awards (documentary awards) are presented by the International Documentary Association (Ida) “a non-profit organization promoting documentary film, video and new media, to support the efforts of documentary filmmaking and video production makers around the world and to increase public appreciation and demand for the art of the documentary…the Ida has approximately 2,800 members in 53 countries, providing a forum for supporters and suppliers of documentary film making.”
This years presentation will see “the 2011 Career Achievement Award [awarded] to legendary documentary filmmaker Les Blank. He will be presented his award by Werner Herzog. Director Danfung Dennis (Hell and Back Again) will receive the 2011 Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award.”
The full listing of the 2011 Ida Awards nominations is below.
Best Feature Award
Better This World
Directors/Producers/Writers: Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega...
This years presentation will see “the 2011 Career Achievement Award [awarded] to legendary documentary filmmaker Les Blank. He will be presented his award by Werner Herzog. Director Danfung Dennis (Hell and Back Again) will receive the 2011 Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award.”
The full listing of the 2011 Ida Awards nominations is below.
Best Feature Award
Better This World
Directors/Producers/Writers: Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega...
- 10/28/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Kelly Duane de la Vega, Katie Galloway's Better This World From Pinochet and Reagan to General Butt Naked and Terrorism Paranoia: International Documentary Association Nominations Best Feature Award Better This World Directors/Producers/Writers: Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega Producer: Mike Nicholson Executive Producers: Julie Goldman, John Battsek, Nicole Stott, Chana Ben-Dov, Sally Jo Fifer (Itvs), Simon Kilmurry (American Documentary|Pov) Loteria Films, Bullfrog Films, Cat & Docs How To Die In Oregon Director/Producer: Peter D. Richardson Executive Producers: Melody Korenbrot, Sheila Nevins (HBO) Supervising Producer: Jacqueline Glover (HBO) Associate Producers: Sophie Harris, Jordan Curnes Clearcut Productions in association with HBO Documentary Films Nostalgia For The Light Director/Writer: Patricio Guzmán Producer: Renate Sachse Atacama Productions (France), Blinker Filmproduction GmbH and Wdr (Germany), and Cronomedia Ltda. (Chile), Icarus Films The Redemption Of General Butt Naked Directors/Producers: Eric Strauss & Daniele Anastasion Executive Producers: Gregory Henry, David Shadrack Smith...
- 10/27/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Tonight's Episode "Gateway to Heroin" with Vanguard Correspondent Mariana van Zeller
9/8c Only on Current TV
Vanguard is a no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Unlike sound-bite driven reporting, the show’s correspondents, Adam Yamaguchi, Christof Putzel and Mariana van Zeller, serve as trusted guides who take viewers on in-depth real life adventures in pursuit of some of the world’s most important stories.
In tonight's episode, Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to ...
9/8c Only on Current TV
Vanguard is a no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Unlike sound-bite driven reporting, the show’s correspondents, Adam Yamaguchi, Christof Putzel and Mariana van Zeller, serve as trusted guides who take viewers on in-depth real life adventures in pursuit of some of the world’s most important stories.
In tonight's episode, Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to ...
- 6/20/2011
- by IDA Editorial Staff
- International Documentary Association
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