Rod Hollimon is
an author, media (books, films, television) producer,
author, and motivational speaker based in Atlanta, Ga. A
native of Augusta, Ga., Hollimon is a 2000 graduate of
Morehouse College in
Atlanta. While still at Morehouse, he started his
television career at Turner Broadcasting. Hollimon has
worked for Turner Classic Movies as a staff script
writer for their on-air host Robert Osborne, Turner
South’s on-air promotions as well as TBS Public Affairs,
where he helped produce the Emmy award winning public
affairs shows interact atlanta and
XCU (Xtreme Close Up). In June 2002, Hollimon
won his first Emmy Award for television programming
excellence in a public affairs program for P.O.W.,
an episode of interact atlanta. In 2006,
Hollimon, along with HBO Def Poet and Writer Malik
Salaam, Co-Directed and edited the Docu-Poem Lost
in the Rubble, which won best Documentary at the
Urban Media Makers Film Festival in Atlanta, GA in 2006.
Hollimon is the
Director/Executive producer of POETRY ON FIRE,
The Spoken Word Poetry DVD series, which features the
legendary Amiri Baraka and the Last Poets. He is the
Video Director for Passion and Poetry(5&6), the
highly acclaimed live poetry show hosted by Atlanta
Radio Host Joyce Littel. He is also the
founder/co-owner of the Atlanta based production company
Nico&Rod Films, LLC. Hollimon has directed two
independent feature length films entitled 16Hours,
Revenge and numerous other independent DVD projects.
Hollimon is
also a motivational speaker, a profession through which
he has the opportunity to share his triumph over
childhood adversity with at-risk youth and others who
experience life’s hardships. As a result of his
childhood experiences, Hollimon has a sincere passion
for making a difference in the lives of others by
sharing his story. In 1997, the
GA
Writers Association
nominated Hollimon for the Author of the Year Award
in the poetry category for his book Reflections of a
World of Reality, a collection of poems written when
Hollimon was a teenager. Hollimon was nominated for the
same award in 2000 for The Coming of the Dawn: A
Collection of Poetic Thoughts, which was released in
1999 upon the launch of his publishing company.
Hollimon has appeared in the interact atlanta
black history special Crossroads, which
aired on TBS Superstation in February 2002 & 2003. He
has also been featured on the Atlanta public television
show Perspectives in Poetry, the WRAS radio show
the Poets Guild and the WRFG radio show Night
Watch. Hollimon has also been featured in numerous
publications including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
newspaper, Rolling Out Magazine, the Augusta Chronicle,
The Maroon Tiger, The Augusta Today Magazine, and The
Atlanta Good Life Magazine. The opening stanza of his
poem, “I Can” best describes Hollimon’s attitude,
determination and will to overcome. They say my
task is impossible / There is far too much doubt in this
land / Nothing to me is impossible / as long as I
believe...I Can.
Rod Hollimon is available for
speaking engagements, production projects as well as
business consultations. Please send all pricing
inquiries to
booking@rodhollimon.com
