Del Bigtree Biography
Del Bigtree is a television and film producer from the United States, as well as the CEO of the anti-vaccination organization Informed Consent Action Network. He produced the film Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, which is based on Andrew Wakefield’s discredited opinions and alleges an unsubstantiated link between vaccines and autism.
How old is Del Bigtree? – Age
He is 52 years old as of 15 April 2022. He was born in 1970, in Boulder, Colorado, United States.
Del Bigtree Family
Bigtree grew up in Boulder, Colorado, the son of Unity of Boulder Church minister Jack Groverland. He attended the Vancouver Film School and later worked in the television industry.
Del Bigtree Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $13 Million.
Del Bigtree Highwire
The Highwire’s YouTube broadcast had 174,000 subscribers before it was shut down in 2020. YouTube suspended his account and channel in July 2020 for violating its community standards against pandemic misinformation, and Facebook removed selected videos from Bigtree’s account. Bigtree’s show The Highwire was still being distributed on Twitter in June 2021. Despite the company’s prohibition on content that contains “false, irrelevant, or misleading information,” Bigtree announced in August 2020 that his videos were now distributed on Roku media players. The Highwire website receives one million visitors per month, making it one of the most popular alternative websites.
Del Bigtree Rumble
He also found a willing audience on Rumble, a video-sharing platform without misinformation policies. Rumble is a cloud services and online video platform company with offices in Longboat Key, Florida, and Toronto, Ontario. Chris Pavlovski, a Canadian technology entrepreneur, founded it in October 2013. Truth Social, a video platform popular among American right and far-right users is hosted by a cloud services company. The platform has been described as part of “alt-tech”.
Del Bigtree Autism
The movie Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, produced by Bigtree, is based on the debunked theories of Andrew Wakefield regarding a link between vaccines and autism. When the movie debuted in 2016, critics largely panned it. As a documentary, it “misrepresents what science knows about autism, erodes public confidence in the safety and efficacy of vaccines, and attacks the integrity of legitimate scientists and public-health officials,” according to the epidemiologist Ian Lipkin.
However, Bigtree became a prominent figure in the American anti-vaccination movement very quickly as a result of the movie, its promotional bus tour, and funding from the Selz Foundation. Since then, he has given speeches at numerous anti-vaccine gatherings in which he repeats untrue claims about the dangers of vaccines and asserts that governments are involved in a vast plot to conceal the truth. Medical experts have labeled his anti-vaccine advocacy as fearmongering.
Del Bigtree ICAN
Bigtree is the CEO of the anti-vaccination organization Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), for which he was paid $221,000 in 2020. Under his leadership, ICAN promotes the conspiracy theory that government officials conspire with the pharmaceutical industry to conceal vaccine-related harms. Bigtree hosts a live webcast on a regular basis in which he frequently repeats anti-vaccination messages. ICAN produces the webcast, which frequently features Kennedy. The Highwire’s YouTube broadcast had 174,000 subscribers before it was shut down in 2020.
Del Bigtree The Doctors
He had a brief stint as a producer on Dr. Phil, contributing to five episodes. After a two-year hiatus, he worked on The Doctors’ production team, where he produced 30 episodes over five years despite having no formal medical training.
Bigtree learned about Andrew Wakefield’s opposition to the MMR vaccine and his later-debunked allegations that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention withheld evidence of a connection between vaccines and autism while he was working on The Doctors. Wakefield was looking for assistance to make a movie based on his theories about conspiracies. Bigtree left the program to produce, write, and star in Wakefield’s film after deciding he could help.
Del Bigtree Movies and TV Shows
♦ 2016 – Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe
♦ 2010-2015 – The Doctors
♦ 2007-2008 – Dr. Phil
♦ 2007 – Sex and Sensuality
♦ 2005 – Bitter Sweet
♦ 2003 – Partners