After graduating from Vassar College in 1999, Mike Attie dabbled in internet marketing, advertising and even law school before finally landing in the wonderful world of documentary film. For the past few years he has worked as a production assistant and assistant editor for Academy Award-winning filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond on films for HBO and PBS. While freelancing Mike worked on a few of his own projects including documentaries on a bicycle co-op, urban fishermen and Vietnam War reenacting. Mike lives in Menlo Park with his wife Sarah and cats Eddie B and Lucy.

Mr Mack's Kitchen
16mm color film
6:16 min.

To survive in Mr. Mack's kitchen you need respect, discipline and intense focus. Can the children of Lafeyette Elementary take the heat?

Circus is Life
Co-directed by Michael Attie
and Charlene Music
Digital Video - Widescreen
9:27 min.

Circus is Life is the story of the close ties of teenage friendship, on stage and off, and a yearning that some things will never change.

FESTIVALS:

• Wood's Hole Film Festival
  

Bob's Knee
16mm black and white film
4 min.

Bob had a simple question: "How do we walk?" If you wanted to understand this problem what would you do? Read a book? Talk to a doctor or physiologist? But as Bob says, "the way to really know how something works is to make a model of it."

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:

• Silverdocs/AFI Discovery Channel Documentary Film Festival
• SF Shorts Film Festival
• Finalist, NextFrame: UFVA's Touring Festival of International Student Film and Video