Mike Attie looking directly at camera. He is wearing eyeglasses and has a festival lanyard around his neck.
Mike Attie
Photo courtesy Mike Attie
Director

Mike Attie (he/him) is a Philadelphia-based filmmaker and a professor at the University of the Arts. His films have been screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Hot Docs, DOC NYC, Big Sky, CPH:DOX, and SFFILM. Previously, he co-produced/directed and was director of photography for Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa, which premiered at Sundance, won the Special Jury Prize at AFI Docs, was shortlisted for an Academy Award®, and is available on Topic. Attie's films have been supported by the Sundance Documentary Film Program, the Knight Foundation, and the Catapult Film Fund.

Program cohorts
Critical Issues Fund 2022
films by Mike Attie
Still from Hollywood Does Abortion. Montage of color images from the films and television shows that will be discussed in the documentary. There are four rows of images, with seven to eight images in each row.
Hollywood Does Abortion
Still from Hollywood Does Abortion
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Kasia Kuczyńska looking directly at camera and is smiling. She has long, dark hair and is wearing a crew neck shirt. Black and white portrait.
Katarzyna Kuczynska
Photo courtesy Kasia Kuczyńska
Olha Zhurba looking directly at the camera. She is standing in a field and is surrounded by tall crops. Black and white portrait.
Olha Zhurba
Photo: Viktor Zalevsky
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