Brent Owens is a seasoned producer, director, and writer with over three decades of experience in the motion picture industry. Throughout his illustrious career, he has worked in various capacities, including producing, directing, and writing.
Owens' impressive credits include producing, directing, and writing seven broadcast specials that premiered on Home Box Office's award-winning series, "America Undercover." These groundbreaking specials include "Hookers at the Point," "Hookers At the Point: Going Out Again," "Hookers at the Point: Five Years Later," "Hookers & Johns: Trick or Treat," "Pimps Up, Ho's Down, Atlantic City Hookers: It Ain't E-Z Being A Ho," and "Downtown Girls: The Hookers of Honolulu." These specials received rave reviews and exceptional ratings on HBO.
In addition to his work on "America Undercover," Owens produced and directed "The Bronx: A Cry For Help," an award-winning documentary that won First Place at the Black International Cinema in Berlin in 1991. This documentary was broadcast by PBS in the United States and several international stations, including Channel 4 in London.
With extensive experience in production, Owens has shot film and video in many international locations, including Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. He served as Executive-in-Charge of Production on the award-winning poetry series, "Voices and Visions," produced by the New York Center for Visual History. Owens has also produced over a hundred music videos for various artists and record labels, including Steve Winwood/Warner Brothers Records, Keith Richards/Sony Records, Stanley Jordan/Blue Note Records, Shirley Horn, Kathleen Battle, and Frank Zappa/Polygram Records.
On the motion picture side, Owens has served as Production Supervisor, Unit Production Manager, or Line Producer on several notable films, including "New Jack City," "Malcolm X," "Panther," "Juice," "Do The Right Thing," "Jungle Fever," "Mo' Better Blues," and "Ile Aiye." Owens is currently in production on a documentary series entitled "Ganja Earth: The Cannabis Chronicles" and a documentary entitled "Zuly No Limits" about the extraordinary artist Zuly Sanguino. He is also in development on several major motion pictures for the big screen.
Recently, Owens has been working on several humanitarian and alternative green energy projects featuring renewable energy and eco-friendly technologies aimed at saving the environment. He is also involved with a new media venture exploring the future of virtual and augmented reality technologies.
