Zeke Piestrup

Zeke Piestrup is a filmmaker and television host. He has hosted shows for Fuel TV (The Daily Habit), The Ski Channel, MetroTV, VH1 and is a former DJ for KROQ-FM.

Downhill: The Bill Johnson Story

Piestrup produced/directed/edited the feature film documentary Downhill: The Bill Johnson Story. The film premiered at the 2011 Santa Barbara International Film Festival [1] and went on to win "Best Adventure Film" at the Vail Film Festival[2] and the "Big Bear Connection Award" at the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival.[3]

Apocalypse Later: Harold Camping vs The End of The World

For the two weeks leading up to May 21, 2011, Piestrup was the only journalist who spoke daily with the doomsday radio evangelist, Harold Camping.[4] Featured scholars are John J. Collins of Yale Divinity School, Bart D. Ehrman of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Loren Stuckenbruck of Princeton Theological Seminary, and Peter Lillback, President of Westminster Theological Seminary.[5] The documentary feature film premiered at Dances With Films on June 8, 2013.[6] At the Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival, Piestrup won the award for "Promising New Filmmaker."[7] The film is distributed by Gravitas Ventures in the U.S. & Canada.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Downhill: The Bill Johnson Story -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 2011-02-02. Archived from the original on February 21, 2011. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  2. ↑ "Vail Film Festival Presents Tribute Awards". Momentum Media PR. 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  3. ↑ "2011 Festival". Big Bear Lake International Film Festival. 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  4. ↑ "May 21, 2011: rapture or party time?". San Francisco Chronicle. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  5. ↑ "Apocalypse Later: Harold Camping vs The End of the World (documentary film)". 15Trucks. 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  6. ↑ http://www.danceswithfilms.com/slt_apocalypse_later.html
  7. ↑ "BWiFF 2013 - Award Winning Official Selections". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "documentary film coming may 2014". Retrieved 30 January 2016.

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