Nathaniel Dorsky

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Nathaniel Dorsky is an experimental San Francisco film-maker and author of Devotional Cinema(2003). Described as a 'Buddhist film-maker' Dorsky observes that many in the Western world are interested in the "genius" of the Dharma teachings, not necessarily Buddhism itself. He intends that his 16mm silent films "create a state of prayer" not by treating Buddhism as a subject but by expressing "the view that comes from Buddhism". In his book Devotional Cinema Dorsky speaks of the long-standing link between art and health as well as the transformative potential of watching film. He also speaks of the limitations of film when it is subservient to theme or dependent on "the ornament of language", which can describe a world but not see it.

His films are distributed by Canyon Cinema in San Francisco.