Brent Foster

In 2018, Foster travelled to Kenya to tell the story of a group of elderly women fending off assaults in Korogocho, a slum located in Nairobi. The project ENOUGH, The Empowered Women of Korogocho was Staff Picked by Vimeo and shortlisted for the Young Director's Awards in Cannes, France. It was featured along with an interview with Foster in National Geographic.

Foster created a short piece for DJI in 2016 called The Last Colonizer. The film focuses on Heraldo Riel, an older man who continues the family tradition of working as a gaucho in remote Patagonia even as the world changes rapidly around him.

Brent Foster is a Canadian commercial and documentary film director best known for bringing out authentic performances on screen—often casting everyday people as the subjects of his films. His project While I'm Here, a collection of individual global stories following everyday heroes, has gone viral on several platforms and earned Foster wide recognition and success.

While working as a photojournalist for the LA Times, Foster learned how to create authentic content and help subjects to quickly become comfortable in front of the camera. Additionally, the editorial world allowed Foster to recognize the significance of telling stories through cinematic work—this led him to a career shift into filmmaking.

In 2009, Foster worked with the New York Times to film an interview with The Dalai Lama. In the piece, Times reporter Edward Wong and The Dalai Lama discuss the survival of Tibetan culture and relations with China.