Brent began his career assisting at indie non-profit film champion IFP, and then joined Iridium Entertainment for a short period as a producer’s and development assistant. He later transitioned into film production as production coordinator and music supervisor on LIBERTY KID (Winner of Best Picture at the 2007 NY Int’l Latino Film Festival), produced by Mike S. Ryan and Larry Fessenden.
In 2007, Brent began working full-time for Fessenden at Glass Eye Pix. There he served as line producer on I SELL THE DEAD, starring Dominic Monaghan and Ron Perlman, and production supervisor on Ti West’s THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL. He co-produced JT Petty’s short film BLOOD RED EARTH and produced Graham Reznick’s 3D short film THE VIEWER. Along with Peter Phok, Kunkle produced a slate of “pulp” thrillers with Glass Eye Pix and Dark Sky Films, including Joe Maggio’s BITTER FEAST, Jim Mickle’s STAKE LAND, (Midnight Madness award winner at 2010’s Toronto Int’l FF); and James Felix McKenney’s HYPOTHERMIA starring Michael Rooker. Brent went on to produce Rick Alverson’s Sundance dramatic competition selection THE COMEDY, starring Tim Heidecker. He is producer of Aram Garriga’s feature documentary, AMERICAN JESUS, and Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s LATE PHASES. He left Glass Eye Pix in 2014.
After Glass Eye, Kunkle worked with Morgan Spurlock (RIP) on CNN’s “Inside Man.” Since then Kunkle has become a verité driven documentary producer, who recently served as Co-Executive Producer on E. Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin’s six-part docuseries “Photographer.” Previously served as a Producer on Matthew Heineman’s Emmy-Winning Showtime Series “The Trade,” National Geographic “Explorer,” Animal Planet’s “The Zoo,” A&E’s “American Takedown” and Showtime’s “Seven Deadly Sins.”
Kunkle’s recent project PHOTOGRAPHER now streaming on Nat Geo
Watch Kunkle’s GEP Minidoc from 2016
