Oyogist has learned that Brent Renaud, an award winning American filmmaker has been killed in Ukraine.
Brent Renaud was shot dead in Irpin, near Kyiv, on Sunday, 13th march 2022, Kyiv’s police chief Andriy Nebytov said.
Also Cliff Levy, deputy managing editor at the New York Times, where Brent had worked before said the newspaper was “deeply saddened” by his death.
The statement said: “We are deeply saddened to hear of Brent Renaud’s death. Brent was a talented photographer and film-maker who had contributed to the New York Times over the years.
“Though he had contributed to the Times in the past (most recently in 2015), he was not on assignment for any desk at the Times in Ukraine.
