He's won two duPont Awards: one for the 2016 Al Jazeera America series HARD EARNED (produced with Kartemquin Films) and another for his 2001 film GHOSTS OF ATTICA (produced with Lumiere Productions). He has been nominated for a News and Doc Emmy® for his film AS GOES JANESVILLE and was nominated for a Peabody for his radio series about gun violence, "Precious Lives." He cofounded Custom Reality Services, a Virtual Reality startup, in 2016. That year the company's first VR film, ACROSS THE LINE, premiered at Sundance and won the audience award at the Future of Storytelling. Both of his companies have a mission to nurture the careers of women and people of color. Brad also founded docUWM, a documentary program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a member of the Milwaukee Filmmaker Alliance leadership council.