Rob VanAlkemade

Rob VanAlkemade (born 1970, Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American documentary filmmaker.

Biography

Rob VanAlkemade began his career as, variously, a film director, producer, cinematographer, sound recordist, and editor in 1995. His documentary short Preacher with an Unknown God, about performance artist and political activist Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping,[1] was awarded an Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking from the shorts jury at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival[2] and led to a 2007 documentary feature What Would Jesus Buy?,[3] about the group's month-long anti-consumerism tour across the United States.[4]

After living in New York for many years, VanAlkemade currently resides in Los Angeles where he works as a network showrunner/executive producer and an independent documentary director, cinematographer and editor. His recent EP work includes Training for the Apocalypse for National Geographic US, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt for CMT, Hungry for Logo TV, and Dope Man for A&E.

References
  1. "Jesus Not Lining Up for Holiday Sales". NPR. November 23, 2007. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  2. "2006 Sundance Film Festival Announces Awards for Documentary and Dramatic Films in Independent Film and World Cinema Competitions" (PDF). Sundance Film Festival. January 28, 2006. p. 3. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  3. Miller, Prairie (November 11, 2007). "What Would Jesus Buy?". NewsBlaze. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  4. Cole, Williams (November 2007). "Starving the Christmas Beast: Rob VanAlkemade with Williams Cole". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved November 7, 2021.


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