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Brent Renaud (October 2, 1971 – March 13, 2022) was an award-winning documentary filmmaker from Little Rock, Arkansas who was killed in Ukraine when Russian troops opened fire.

Renaud co-founded 501 Films with his brother Craig, producing documentaries for major networks including HBO, NBC, Discovery, PBS, and The New York Times; their film "Last Chance High" won a Peabody Award and they won a DuPont-Columbia Award for "Vanguard: Arming the Mexican Cartel."

He co-founded the Little Rock Film Festival and Arkansas Motion Picture Institute, and was a Neiman Fellow at Harvard University in 2019 and visiting distinguished professor at the University of Arkansas Center for Ethics in Journalism.

His 2015 documentary "Between Borders: American Migrant Crisis" raised awareness of youth migration issues, and his 2018 film "Shelter" raised millions of dollars to combat youth homelessness in New Orleans.

The Senate memorializes Brent Renaud for his service and dedication to Arkansas and the filmmaking industry, and the Secretary of the Senate is directed to provide a copy of the resolution to his family.