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About the Filmmakers
Brent and Craig Renaud are brothers and filmmakers who were born and raised in Little Rock, Ark. Beginning in 1995, they worked with celebrated documentary filmmaker
Jon Alpert at the Downtown Community TV Center in New York on award-winning projects in places like Afghanistan, Cambodia, Bolivia, China, Pakistan
and Iraq. In 2002, Brent and Craig Renaud began to shoot, produce, and edit their own films. The Renaud brothers produced three programs for the documentary series "The Season" on ESPN, bringing a raw style of filmmaking rarely seen in sports television. Since October of 2003, the Renaud brothers have been embedded with the
Arkansas National Guard in Iraq filming a 10 part reality series called "Off to War", for the
Discovery Times Channel. In the Spring of 2005, the brothers will premiere their first film for HBO's America Undercover series, called
"Dope Sick Love", in which they followed the lives of two drug addicted couples on the streets of New York for 18 months.
Felice Conte graduated from Boston College Law School in 1999, after which she traveled throughout the country for several years producing high profile trials as a field producer for Court TV, where she also worked as a line producer for live daytime trial coverage. After Leaving Court TV to pursue documentary work, Felice presented the idea for Dope Sick Love to award-winning documentary producer, Jonathan Stack. While working on various projects at Jonathan's company, Gabriel Films, Felice further developed the focus of the film, and ultimately selected subjects under Jonathan's guidance. When HBO expressed interest in the film,
Felice went on to direct Dope Sick Love, her first documentary, along with the Renaud Brothers. Felice is also a co-executive producer of the film.
Dope Sick Love was executive produced by Jon Alpert of DCTV Productions, where the Renaud brothers have cut their teeth on several projects. Alpert is an 11-time Emmy® winner who has received international acclaim for his intrepid work in such hot spots as Iraq (behind enemy lines during both the Gulf War and Operation Freedom), Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Cuba and the Philippines. Alpert has been involved in some of HBO's most honored documentaries, including 1989's One Year in a Life of Crime, 1994's Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island, 1995's High on Crack Street: Lost Lives of Lowell, 1998's A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back, 1998's Life of Crime 2 and 2002's Papa.
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