Biography

Mike Attie is a filmmaker and educator based in Philadelphia, PA. His recent shorts include ABORTION HELPLINE, THIS IS LISA (Sundance 2020, AFI Docs 2020 Grand Jury Short Award) and MOMENT TO MOMENT (FULL FRAME 2019, IFFB 2019 Special Jury Award).

Mike's feature documentary, IN COUNTRY (co-directed with Meghan O'Hara), had its world premiere at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and international premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto. The film was supported by the Sundance Documentary Film Program, IFP and numerous Seattle arts foundations. Since the premiere IN COUNTRY received extensive press including an NYTimes Op-Doc and articles in Salon and the Atlantic.

Mike's other award-winning short documentaries have shown at major film festivals including AFI/SilverDocs, San Francisco International and the Black Maria Film + Video Festival.

Mike is a 2014 Sundance Documentary Film Program Fellow and was named as one of The Independent's "10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2014".

Currently he is an assistant professor at the University of the Arts and program director of the Film major. Learn more here.

Mike lives in Philadelphia with his wife, two children, two cats and various ailing houseplants.