Alex Kendrick

Alex Kendrick Headshot

Pastor • Producer • Writer • Director • Actor

Birth Date: June 11, 1970

Age: 54 years old

Birth Place: Athens, Georgia

In his overlapping roles as a filmmaker and as an associate pastor with Sherwood Baptist Church, Alex Kendrick has been, since 2003, one of the most visible figures in the growing field of faith-based American movies. Working outside the traditional infrastructure of the studio system, but with the support of the Baptist community, the multi-tasking Kendrick has made four features in eight years, as director, writer, and actor. He's also produced (or executive produced) three of the four, and taken up editing duties, as well. Setting his stories in varied but readily identifiable environments such as a high school football team ("Facing the Giants"), an urban fire station ("Fireproof"), or a used car dealership ("Flywheel"), Kendrick's stories tend to illustrate Baptist cultural values of honesty, piety, as well as unity in a workplace, family, or town.

His films also tend not to express spirituality in genre terms (by contrast, Cloud Ten's immensely popular "Left Behind" adaptations weave science fiction elements into their "end times" stories), but in a grounded, "realistic" framework, introducing only the kinds of dramatic elements that viewers might encounter in their own day-to-day lives. His most recent film,2011's "Courageous," is set in an Albany, Georgia police station, and deals with family and fatherhood crises, which are resolved or addressed via spiritual means.

Credits

The Forge

Director
Movie
2024
67%

The Forge

Film Editing
Movie
2024
67%

The Forge

Screenwriter
Movie
2024
67%

Lifemark

Actor
Shawn Cates
Movie
2022

Lifemark

Executive Producer
Movie
2022

Lifemark

Screenwriter
Movie
2022

Takeaways With Kirk Cameron

Actor
Show
2021

Show Me the Father

Executive Producer
Movie
2021

One On One with Kirk Cameron

Actor
Show
2019

Overcomer Movie Promo

Actor
Show
2019

OvercomerStream

Actor
John Harrison
Movie
2019
56%

OvercomerStream

Director
Movie
2019
56%

OvercomerStream

Film Editing
Movie
2019
56%

OvercomerStream

Screenwriter
Movie
2019
56%

Like Arrows

Executive Producer
Movie
2018

Like Arrows

Screenwriter
Movie
2018

War RoomStream

Actor
Coleman Young
Movie
2015
32%

War RoomStream

Director
Movie
2015
32%

War RoomStream

Film Editing
Movie
2015
32%

War RoomStream

Screenwriter
Movie
2015
32%

Faith of Our Fathers

Film Editing
Movie
2015

Moms' Night OutStream

Actor
Ray
Movie
2014
21%

The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone

Actor
Daniel Anderson
Movie
2013

Courageous: Extras

Actor
Show
2012

World Premiere Special: Making of Courageous

Actor
Show
2011

Courageous

Actor
Adam Mitchell
Movie
2011

Courageous

Director
Movie
2011

Courageous

Screenwriter
Movie
2011

Fireproof

Actor
Pastor Strauss
Movie
2008

Fireproof

Director
Movie
2008

Fireproof

Film Editing
Movie
2008

Fireproof

Producer
Movie
2008

Fireproof

Writer
Movie
2008

Facing the Giants

Actor
Grant Taylor
Movie
2006

Facing the Giants

Director
Movie
2006

Facing the Giants

Film Editing
Movie
2006

Facing the Giants

Original Music
Movie
2006

Facing the Giants

Producer
Movie
2006

Facing the Giants

Writer
Movie
2006

Flywheel

Actor
Jay Austin
Show
2003

Flywheel

Director
Show
2003

Flywheel

Screenwriter
Show
2003

Flywheel

Actor
Jay Austin
Movie
2003

Flywheel

Cinematography
Movie
2003

Flywheel

Director
Movie
2003

Flywheel

Executive Producer
Movie
2003

Flywheel

Film Editing
Movie
2003

Flywheel

Original Music
Movie
2003

Flywheel

Screenwriter
Movie
2003