Rick Altizer is an American film director, recording artist, music producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and radio show host.

Early life

Richard Bryan Altizer was born on August 13 Work ID No. 480302670 ISWC No. T0711872922 in

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the Tennessee River and had a population of 190,740 at the 2020 United States census. It is the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division ...

Music career

As a recording artist, Rick is a

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ian who primarily plays a

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, and worship style of music. He has released eight studio albums with three top 10 singles and sold over one million albums. His musical career began in 1998 with the studio album ''Blue Plate Special'', released in 1998 with

KMG Records KMG (Killen Music Group) Records was a Christian record label. The label was established in 1997 by Buddy Killen as a subunit of the Killen Music Group / Buddy Killen Enterprises and sold in late 1998 to Cal Turner III, who is related to the Cal ...

. The second studio album ''Neon Fixation'', was released in 1999 from KMG Records. He released ''Go Nova'' with True Tunes in 2000. His fourth studio album ''All Tie Zur'' was released in 2001 from

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. The subsequent studio album ''John Lennon's Glasses'' was released in 2002. He released ''Scripture Memory – Pop Symphonies'' with Fuseic Music in 2007. ''The Rise and Fall of $AM'' and ''Bread'' were released in 2010 and 2019 respectively, both by Fuseic Music.

Film Career

In 2021, Altizer wrote and directed '' Show Me the Father'', produced by Mark Miller and executive produced by the

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. The film received an A+

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. He also wrote and directed ''Russ Taff: I Still Believe'' (winner of 9 film awards). Rick has also directed three documentaries for

Chonda Pierce Chonda Pierce (born March 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, television hostess, author and actor. Pierce has an ongoing concert calendar and her comedy segments frequently appear on XM Radio's ''Laugh USA'' and Sirius Satellite Radio' ...

: ''Unashamed'', ''Enough'', and ''Laughing in the Dark'' (winner of 2 film awards).

Personal life

Altizer is married to his wife, Jan, and they reside in

Old Hickory, Tennessee Old Hickory is a neighborhood of metropolitan Nashville, located in the Hadley Bend section of eastern Davidson County, Tennessee. Old Hickory is governed by the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County, because the government of ...

. They have two sons, David and Matthew, a daughter-in-law, Laura, and grandsons, Ryan, Caleb, and Jonathan. Rick is currently the worship leader and a ruling elder at Hickory Grove Presbyterian Church ( PCA) in

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Discography

Albums * ''Blue Plate Special'' (1998, KMG) * ''Neon Fixation'' (1999, KMG) * ''Go Nova'' (2000, True Tunes) * ''All Tie Zur'' (2001, Not Lame) * ''John Lennon's Glasses'' (2002) * ''Scripture Memory – Pop Symphonies'' (2007, Fuseic) * ''The Rise and Fall of $AM'' (2010, Fuseic) * ''Bread'' (2019, Fuseic)

Filmography

Director * ''Chonda Pierce: Laughing in the Dark'' (2015) * ''Chonda Pierce: Enough'' (2017) * ''Russ Taff: I Still Believe'' (2018) * ''Chonda Pierce: Unashamed'' (2019) * '' Show Me the Father'' (2021)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Altizer, Rick Living people American performers of Christian music Musicians from Knoxville, Tennessee Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee Songwriters from Tennessee Year of birth missing (living people) People from Old Hickory, Tennessee