Rick Altizer


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 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Music career

As a recording artist, Rick is a Christian musician who primarily plays a contemporary Christian music, Christian rock, 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. 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 Not Lame Recordings. 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 Kendrick Brothers. The film received an A+ CinemaScore.
He also wrote and directed Russ Taff: I Still Believe. Rick has also directed three documentaries for Chonda Pierce: Unashamed, Enough, and Laughing in the Dark.

Personal life

Altizer is married to his wife, Jan, and they reside in Old Hickory, Tennessee. 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 in Mount Juliet, Tennessee.

Discography

Albums
  • Blue Plate Special
  • Neon Fixation
  • Go Nova
  • All Tie Zur
  • John Lennon's Glasses
  • Scripture Memory – Pop Symphonies
  • The Rise and Fall of $AM
  • ''Bread''

    Filmography

Director