Rick Altizer is a film director, recording artist, music producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and radio show host.
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 (winner of 9 film awards). Rick has also directed three documentaries for Chonda Pierce: Unashamed, Enough, and Laughing in the Dark (winner of 2 film awards).
Altizer has sold over one million albums. As a recording artist, he recorded seven studio albums with three top 10 singles. He is currently the worship leader and a ruling elder at Hickory Grove Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. He is married to his wife, Jan. They have two sons, David and Matthew, a daughter-in-law, Laura, and grandsons, Ryan, Caleb, and Jonathan.
As a recording artist, Rick is an American Christian musician, who primarily plays a contemporary Christian music, Christian rock, and worship style of music. He has released eight studio albums: Blue Plate Special in 1998, Neon Fixation in 1999, Go Nova in 2000, All Tie Zur in 2001, John Lennon's Glasses in 2002, Scripture Memory – Pop Symphonies in 2007, The Rise and Fall of $AM in 2010, and Bread in 2019 with KMG Records, True Tunes, Not Lame Recordings, and Fuseic.