Brent Roske

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Brent Roske is the founder of the Flamingo Network on Roku as well as a film and television director. Roske is the former Creative Director for NBC Skycastle and MJA Advertising.

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Recent works include the feature film 'Diana In Love', shortlisted for Best Actress TV Movie, Golden Globes, [1] Radford Motors with TV host Ant Anstead and Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button, the Emmy nominated TV program Roske on Politics, featuring POTUS candidates, journalists, actors and more, Chasing The Hill with Emmy nominee Robin Weigert, and Courting Des Moines . [2] [3] [4] He directed PSAs for 'Justice 4 Vets' with Martin Sheen and the cast of 'The West Wing' and Got Your 6 with singer Gavin DeGraw.

Brent Roske directed and edited the TV special ‘Radford - Cars & Guitars’ for Discovery+.

Roske appears with Oscar nominee Lasse Hallstrom ('Cider House Rules'), BAFTA nominee Colm Bairead ('The Quiet Girl') and actress Shanti Fiennes ('Diana In Love') in an Apple podcast. [5]

Roske has been nominated for three Emmy Awards and received a Los Angeles Commemorative Emmy Award for producing a special for NBC Sports.

Career

Brent Roske is the former Creative Director for NBC Skycastle and MJA Advertising. Recent projects include 'Radford: Cars & Guitars' for Discovery+, 'Justice 4 Vets' with Martin Sheen, Oscar winner Allison Janney and the rest of the cast of NBC's 'The West Wing' which premiered at a gala on the Warner Brothers backlot hosted by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald. Roske wrote and directed the political drama Chasing the Hill [6] and the sequel Courting Des Moines. Roske hosted the bi-partisan TV series Roske on Politics (Emmy Award nominee for Best Politics/ Government Program), featuring conversations with the presidential candidates, politicians, journalists, entertainers and community leaders. [7] Roske was a creative director at NBC Universal for nine years earning an Emmy Award and another three at MJA Advertising in Beverly Hills. His works appear at roske.tv.

The Des Moines Register wrote an article titled ‘Consider Iowa - California Transplants Collaborate On Video Praising States Charms’ about a video Roske directed starring professional skateboarder Mike Vallely [8]

Political campaigns

In 2014, Roske ran for US Congress in California's 33rd district while living on a yacht anchored off Marina del Rey." [9]

Roske was an independent candidate in the 2018 Iowa gubernatorial election, and was endorsed by Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss: "The people of Iowa might look for years for a candidate as bright, committed, and independent in truth and behavior as Brent Roske. I have no doubt in the decency of Brent, in the fierceness of his desire to serve, and for his ability to be truly bi-partisan in his approach," Dreyfuss said in the statement, which was confirmed by his management. "Brent Roske doesn't have a petty bone in his body. He loves the idea of America — almost Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington — and we're going to need many more of his kind in the present and upcoming turmoil of the next few years." [10]

In 2019, Roske joined the John Delaney 2020 presidential campaign as the Iowa State Director. [11] [12]

The day after the US House of Representatives passed HR51, DC Shadow Senator Paul Strauss wrote: 'In honor of Brent Roske's birthday, I do hereby proclaim him to be an Ambassador of the District of Columbia (AODC) and thank him for all he has done to advance DC Statehood.' [13]

Filmography as director


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  8. ↑ "'Consider Iowa': Des Moines transplants from California collaborate on video praising state's charms". The Des Moines Register .
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  12. ↑ "2020 Democratic Hopeful, FMR. Md. Congressman John Delaney Replaces Iowa State Director". 27 September 2019.
  13. ↑ @SenPaulStrauss (June 27, 2020). "By the power not granted to me by the #USSenate but instead by the good will of #WashingtonDC's citizens, in honor…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  15. ↑ "'West Wing' Star Richard Schiff Returns to Politics in 'Chasing the Hill' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . 2012-04-13. Archived from the original on 2023-02-16.
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