Arthur Kent, a renowned journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker, was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. He began his career as a correspondent for The National, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship television newscast, after graduating from Carleton University in Ottawa.
Later, Kent left the network to pursue an independent career as a cameraman and correspondent, filing reports for NBC News, CBC, and the London-based Observer newspaper. His extensive experience in the field led him to join NBC News as the network's Rome Correspondent in 1989.
During his tenure at NBC News, Kent won back-to-back Emmy Awards for his coverage of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in June 1989 and the Romanian Revolution in December 1989. He then went on to write the book "Risk and Redemption: Surviving the Network News Wars," which chronicles the tumultuous period in U.S. broadcast news from the Soviet war in Afghanistan to the collapse of Communism and the first Gulf War.
Kent returned to Canada to host CBC Television's documentary series, Man Alive, and later established his own production company, Fast Forward Films, in the UK. His work has appeared on various networks, including the BBC, CNN, and PBS.
One of his notable films is "Afghanistan: Captives of the Warlords," which explores life under the repressive Taliban regime. The documentary first aired nationally on PBS in June 2001 and received extensive broadcast on PBS and CBC following the September 11 attacks. It received the Gold World Medal at the New York festivals and a Golden Eagle award from CINE.
Kent also hosted and produced documentaries for two series on A&E's History Channel, History Undercover and History's Mysteries, from 1998 to 2004.
