JOHN BUSH NEW YORK 2025
“As a filmmaker, I attempt to capture the light that quiets the mind and opens the heart.”
John Bush is a filmmaker drawn to the sacred. HIs work is shaped by a contemplative eye and a lifelong interest in the meeting place between image, spirit, and story.
Based in New York City, John began making films in 2000 after a long creative tenure leading Illuminations, a visionary design company. His work has been broadcast internationally, released in theaters, featured at museums and shown in film festivals from Rome to Bangkok.
The Yatra Trilogy - Dharma River, Prajna Earth (narrated by Sharon Stone), andVajra Sky Over Tibet was presented by PBS as Journey Into Buddhism, airing nationally as a primetime miniseries. Vajra Sky Over Tibet received the endorsement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and was shown during his official events in over a dozen cities. Vajra Sky screened in 70 other cities with audiences wishing to connect with the enduring Buddhist community in Tibet.
With Into the Heart of India, John returns to a place of long personal connection - offering a cinematic journey created with reverence, stillness, and the hope of sharing an inner experience for the viewer.
Streaming Now -
Into The Heart of India
is offered for purchase by PBS
on Apple TV and Prime Video:
Visit: journeyintobuddhism.com
THE YATRA TRILOGY
JOURNEY INTO BUDDHISM
4.5 Hours / 3 Episodes
Cinematic pilgrimages in:
South East Asia & Tibet
“A visionary in the truest sense, John Bush patiently draws the viewer into his vision.”
PERRY GARFINKEL
HUFFINGTON POST
JOHN BUSH with his guru, NEEMKAROLI BABA
VRINDAVAN 1971
“The whole world is my home,
all are my family. Love everyone,
feed everyone.”
NEEMKAROLI BABA
The award-winning dance films of filmmaker
John Bush and choreographer, dancer
Nadine Helstroffer have captivated festival
and museum audiences around the world.
"Nadine Helstroffer is one of dance's treasures, a poetic, luminous performer, whose choreography reflects her insight into life, nature, and spirituality. Helstroffer acts as the radiant core from which Bush's loveliest light can flow"
Infinitebody
Eva Yaa Asantewaa
“Nadine Helstroffer from France,
a performer and choreographer
of fierce concentration and focus”
JENNIFER DUNNING
The New York Times
- Prior Work -
THE YATRA TRILOGY ON PBS
A Prime time Mini Series • 3 Episodes • 4.5 hours
NATIONWIDE BROADCASTS
Tibet Cambodia Java Bali Thailand Laos Burma
Over 18 million viewers on PBS stations
“Viewers will be awed by this luminous world,
so rarely seen in film.”
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON
“I am grateful to John Bush for his dedication to this project”
THE DALAI LAMA
ART MUSEUM ENGAGEMENTS
THE YATRA TRILOGY
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Rubin Museum of Art, New York
National Gallery of Australia
Art Institute of Chicago
The British Museum, London
Asia Society New York
The National Archives, Ottawa
Alliance Francaise New York
Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Cleveland Museum of Art
Seattle Art Museum
Detroit Institute of Art
Anchorage Museum of Art
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Center For Contemporary Arts Santa Fe
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena
Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen
Alliance Francaise New Delhi
Chester Beatty Museum, Dublin
National Palace Museum of Taiwan
Museum of Asian Civilizations, Singapore
RESONANCE JOURNEY - NINE DANCE FILMS
BHAIRAVI SKY DREAM ON ME AJAR HOURGLASS
SKYSCRAPER ZEPHYR PORTAL ABSENCE PRESENCE
VAJRA REALM
John Bush has collaborated with french-born, New York City choreographer Nadine Helstroffer on a series of nine dance films that have played in over130 festivals in 28 countries including: The Spoleto Festival,
Festival de Cannes, The American Dance Festival
