24 Facts About Del Bigtree

Del Matthew Bigtree is an American television and film producer who is the CEO of the anti-vaccination group Informed Consent Action Network.

Del Bigtree produced the film Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, based on the discredited opinions of Andrew Wakefield, and alleges an unsubstantiated connection between vaccines and autism.

Del Bigtree served as communications director for Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Del Bigtree grew up in Boulder, Colorado, the son of Jack Groverland, a minister at the Unity of Boulder Church.

Del Bigtree attended the Vancouver Film School and eventually gained employment in the television industry.

Del Bigtree briefly worked on Dr Phil and was credited as a field producer for five episodes.

Del Bigtree decided he could assist and left the show to produce, write and appear in Wakefield's film.

Del Bigtree produced the film Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, based on the discredited views of Andrew Wakefield on an alleged connection between vaccines and autism.

Del Bigtree has since spoken at multiple anti-vaccine events in which he repeats false information about the risks of vaccines and alleges governments are engaged in a vast conspiracy to hide the truth.

When Del Bigtree developed an association with Wakefield, several states, including California where Del Bigtree resided, had begun to consider legislation that would restrict the types of exemptions for which parents could apply to have their unvaccinated children attend schools.

Del Bigtree strongly opposed such bills and has been criticized by the Anti-Defamation League and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum for wearing a Star of David at an anti-vaccination event in an attempt to compare the treatment of those opposed to vaccination to the persecution of Jews.

Del Bigtree is the chief executive of the anti-vaccination group Informed Consent Action Network, for which he received a salary of $234,000 in 2023.

In New York State in 2019, Del Bigtree was a keynote speaker at several anti-vaccination events targeting the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn and in Rockland County during a measles epidemic fueled by low vaccination rates.

Del Bigtree gave an anti-vaccine speech as headline speaker at a natural health product conference in Toronto in 2018, but a repeat performance was canceled in 2019 after The Globe and Mail started asking questions.

Del Bigtree used The Highwire webcast to propagate a number of conspiracy theories, such as one postulating that the virus responsible had been made in a laboratory by the pharmaceutical industry.

Del Bigtree regularly speaks at events protesting vaccination and public health measures against the pandemic.

Del Bigtree spoke at the January 6,2021, pro-Trump rally preceding the riot at the Capitol.

Del Bigtree took this opportunity to attack federal health authorities and to contest the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Del Bigtree was one of the main speakers at the Defeat the Mandates rally in Washington, DC, on January 23,2022, where he said doctors and journalists should be convicted in Nuremberg-like trials.

Del Bigtree found a receptive audience on Rumble, a video-sharing platform that does not have misinformation policies.

Del Bigtree teamed up with Mikki Willis, the producer of the Plandemic conspiracy films, to exclusively stream the third Plandemic film on The Highwire.

Del Bigtree is the sole managing member of KFP Consulting LLC, a firm established in May 2023.

In July, the Kennedy campaign had paid $13,500 to KFP; by the end of Kennedy's campaign in 2024, that amount had reached $350,000, even though Del Bigtree still took in a $234,000 paycheque from ICAN in 2023.

In early January 2024, Del Bigtree replaced Stefanie Spear as communications director for the campaign.