John Bush

John Bush is a film director, cinematographer, and visual artist based in New York City. Bush's documentary film trilogy of Buddhist pilgrimage in Southeast Asia and Tibet, The Yatra Trilogy, later renamed Journey into Buddhism by PBS, was broadcast nationwide as a 4.5 hour PBS mini-series, as well as in Europe and South Africa. John Bush's films have been official selections in various major film festivals in competition for Best Documentary, including the Bangkok International Film Festival, the Rome Film Festival, and the Filmfest München (the Munich International Film Festival). Direct Pictures is his production company in Lower Manhattan. Film career John Bush began making films in 2000, after a long career as CEO and creative force of Illuminations. In 2013, PBS broadcast John Bush's 4.5 hour film series, The Yatra Trilogy, nationwide – retitling it Journey Into Buddhism and changing it into a three-part mini-series. The show played in primetime in eighty five percent of United States media markets and was also broadcast in Europe and South Africa. The trilogy's films are Dharma River, Prajna Earth and Vajra Sky Over Tibet. WGBH-TV Boston is the presenting station. PBS distributes the films for home video in North America.