Amnon Buchbinder is a film director, screenwriter, author and teacher. His work as practitioner and thinker spans narrative and experimental, cinematic and literary, fiction and non-fiction, and academic and commercial fields. He is an Associate Professor and former Chair of the Department of Cinema and Media Arts in the Faculty of Arts, Media, Performance & Design at York University. He is Writer/Director of the interactive documentary Biology of Story, launching at SXSW-I.

2016 will also see the release of his third feature film, the myth/fiction/ autobiography hybrid Travelling Medicine Show. His book, The Way of the Screenwriter was published in 2005 by House of Anansi Press. Previously he has directed two theatrically-released feature films: The Fishing Trip (1998), distributed by Mongrel Media, was nominated for 3 Genie awards, winning one; Whole New Thing (2005) screened at over 100 international film festivals, winning a dozen best-film awards, was acquired by ThinkFilm and distributed theatrically in Canada, the U.S., and Europe. He has also made a number of short films that screened at major festivals around the world. Working in the Canadian film and television industry he has written and rewritten numerous screenplays. He has served as story editor on over a hundred feature film projects in funded development, and taught professional screenwriting workshops in a dozen countries. He has been a curator and film programmer for organizations including the Pacific Cinematheque, the Vancouver International Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival, and has consulted on program policy and curriculum development for educational institutions, arts bodies, and film organizations.