Rob VanAlkemade (born 1970, Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American
documentary filmmaker.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 his
Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, was awarded an Honorable Mention in Short
Filmmaking from the shorts jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006
and led to a 2007 documentary feature What Would Jesus Buy?, about the
group's month-long anti-consumerism tour across the United
States.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 Nat Geo US, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt for CMT,
Hungry for LOGO channel and Dope Man for A&E.
documentary filmmaker.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 his
Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, was awarded an Honorable Mention in Short
Filmmaking from the shorts jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006
and led to a 2007 documentary feature What Would Jesus Buy?, about the
group's month-long anti-consumerism tour across the United
States.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 Nat Geo US, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt for CMT,
Hungry for LOGO channel and Dope Man for A&E.
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