ABOUT
Emmy Award Winning Producer
Renee is an experienced filmmaker, production executive and Emmy Award winning Producer. Renee often combines her passion for music and film and has documented tours with Sublime, No Doubt, the Foo Fighters, Fishbone, Mike Watt, and Lee “Scratch” Perry, among others. She was a producer on the Sublime documentary Stories, Tales, Lies and Exaggerations, and the music series Refused TV, as well as numerous music videos, documentaries and scripted features. Renee received an Emmy Award on the PBS series, The Evolving Human, and served as VP of Production & Development at Relentless Media.
In 2019, Renee produced for the Netflix music series, Remastered, receiving Emmy nominations for the episodes Tricky Dick and the Man In Black, Who Shot the Sheriff and Massacre at the Stadium. Most recently she was Supervising Producer of a 6-part CNN series, The Story of Late Night that will air in 2021, produced a branded documentary for Estee Lauder and is Creator/Writer/Executive Producer of a new music series about touring seminal African American musicians during the era of Jim Crow. Renee has a keen eye on the bottom line, combining creative vision with production logistics, has dual citizenship, and produces for both Canadian and American productions.
FEATURED WORK
THERE WAS A TIME:
THE CHITLIN CIRCUIT
In Production
Creator/Writer/Executive Producer
B-Side Films has partnered with Preston Lauterbach, award-winning author of “The Chitlin’ Circuit and the Road to Rock and Roll”, to conceive a four-part narrative-documentary series that explores the story of the seminal African American performers who travelled a network of southern black performance venues, known as “The Chitlin Circuit”, during the era of Jim Crow. Artists including Little Richard, Otis Redding, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Tina Turner, Pattie Labelle, Candi Staton, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson and many more worked the circuit endlessly, chasing a dream of both stardom and change.
THE STORY OF LATE NIGHT
Director: John Eiler
Supervising Producer
For: Cream Productions
The Story of Late Night is a six-part docuseries that takes viewers on a journey through late-night television’s most memorable moments. Spanning a more than 60-year history of engaging with, adapting to and influencing our rapidly changing society, late-night television has grown into a thriving entertainment phenomenon and vitally important cultural institution. Featuring Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Chelsea Handler, Trevor Noah, Conan O’Brien, Seth Meyers, James Corden, Whoopi Goldberg, W. Kamau Bell, and many more.
NETFLIX
2019 Emmy Nominated
REMASTERED:
TRICKY DICK & THE MAN IN BLACK
Director: Barbara Kopple & Sara Dosa
Segment Producer
For: All Rise Films / Triage Entertainment
A champion for the poor and oppressed, Johnny Cash shook the white house with a defiant message of justice.
NETFLIX
REMASTERED:
WHO KILLED JAM MASTER JAY
Director: Brian Oakes
Coordinating Producer
For: All Rise Films / Triage Entertainment
Run-DMC DJ Jam Master Jay made a huge impact in music and his community. But friends and family still seek closure years after his unsolved murder.
NETFLIX
REMASTERED:
THE TWO KILLINGS OF SAM COOKE
Director: Kelly Duane
Segment Producer
For: All Rise Films / Triage Entertainment
While Sam Cooke rose to stardom as a sole singer, his outspoken views on civil rights drew attention that may have contributed to his death at age 33.
NETFLIX
REMASTERED:
DEVIL AT THE CROSSROADS
Director: Brian Oakes
Coordinating Producer
For: All Rise Films / Triage Entertainment
Cloaked in mystery, bluesman Robert Johnson left his mark on American music. No family, critics and famous fans look for the real mans behind the music.
NETFLIX
2019 Emmy Nomination: Outstanding Historical Documentary
REMASTERED: WHO SHOT THE SHERIFF
Director: Kief Davidson
Coordinating Producer
For: All Rise Films / Triage Entertainment
In 1976, reggae icon Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt as rival political groups battled in Jamaica. But who exactly was responsible?
2019 Emmy Nomination: Outstanding Historical Documentary
REMASTERED: MASSACRE AT THE STADIUM
Director: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
Coordinating Producer
For: All Rise Films / Triage Entertainment
The shocking murder of singer Victor Jara in 1973 turned him into a powerful symbol of Chile’s struggle. Decades later, a quest for justice unfolds.
OFF!
RED, WHITE AND BLACK
Director: Jimmy Hayward
Executive Producer
Line Producer
For: B-Side Films
Music video for the band OFF! featuring Keith Morris of Black Flag and Dimitri Coats of the Burning Brides. Starring David Foley of Kids in the Hall and Brian Posehn of Mr. Show.
SUBLIME
STORIES, TALES, LIES & EXAGGERATIONS
Director: Josh Fischel
Story Producer
Director of Photography
For: Music Video Distributors
Intro for feature length documentary about the story of sublime told by fellow musicians, friends and family. Featuring Gwen Stefani, Mike Watt, Pennywise and more.
YouTubeRed
MINDFIELD
Executive Producer: David Wechter
Producer
For: Intellectual Property Corp.
Host Michael Stevens brings his passion for science to his most ambitious subject yet – something we still know very little about: human behavior, while revealing some of the most mind-blowing, significant, and least-understood aspects of the human psyche.
A&E
STRANGE DAYS WITH BOB SAGET
Executive Producer: Troy Searer
Producer
For: Tijuana Entertainment
A 6 Part documentary series that busts down barriers to investigate some of America’s most fascinating subcultures and corners of society. Documenting his journey around America, Bob Saget immerses himself in unusual cultures from the world of Bigfoot hunters to the trials of the pro-wrestling circuit.
2005 Audience Award Best Documentary LA Film Festival
SIR, NO SIR!
Director: David Zeiger
Associate Producer
For: Displaced Film
Feature documentary about the anti-war movement within the ranks of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. Sir, No Sir unfolds the stunning but suppressed story of the military men and women who helped force the U.S. Government to end the Vietnam War.
2007 Sundance Official Selection
PROTAGONIST
Director: Jessica Yu
Researcher
Feature Documentary exploring the relationship between human life and Euripidean dramatic structure by weaving together the stories of four men: a German terrorist, a bank robber, an “ex-gay” evangelist, and a martial arts student.
Get In Touch
Address
B-SIDE FILMS
2046 Hillhurst Ave. #140
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Call
(310) 872-4606