MICHAEL W. BARNARD – FILMMAKER
Michael W. Barnard has been making films since his teenage years. He has made award-winning films of every description at locations around the world. His first films were 1960s experimental, avante-garde 8mm & 16mm productions shown in venues across the USA. In 1971, after completing his training to become a teacher of Transcendental Meditation in Mallorca, Spain, he was asked by Maharishi to establish a film department that would document Maharishi’s activities and talks, as well as create promotional films and documentaries about TM. In 1978, after traveling with and filming Maharishi, and making numerous films plus establishing and operating a complete film post-production laboratory in Livingston Manor, NY, he embarked on a successful four-decade international career as an award-winning Producer, Director, Director of Photography and Editor and established BoltPIX Studios, a boutique film and fine art production company now located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Michael W. Barnard filming at the SCI Conference in Amherst, Mass. in 1971