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), and Vajra 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.

With Into the Heart of India, John returns to a place of long personal connection—offering a cinematic pilgrimage created with reverence, stillness, and the hope of sharing something timeless.

Streaming on

APPLE TV & PRIME VIDEO

for sale by PBS

visit: journeyintobuddhism.com

JOURNEY INTO BUDDHISM
THE YATRA TRILOGY
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 NEEMKAROLI BABA - VRINDAVAN 1971

“The whole world is my home,
all are my family. Love everyone,
feed everyone.”

NEEMKAROLI BABA

"Peace is the inner nature of humankind.
If you find it within yourself, you will
then find it everywhere."

RAMANA MAHARSHI

"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

3100 broadcasts on PBS stations - 18 million viewers

“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 and received awards in over 130
festivals in 28 countries including at: The Spoleto Festival,
Festival de Cannes, The American Dance Festival.

NADINE HELSTROFFER Choreographer & Dancer