Michael Tobias, Ph. D. is an internationally respected humanist, ecologist, and author whose works have appeared in some eighty countries. He has written, directed and/or produced/executive produced over 100 fiction and non-fiction films. His films include the ten-hour Turner Broadcasting miniseries Voice of the Planet which he adapted from his own book. His most recent productions include the ABC TV movie The Sky's On Fire based on his novel Fatal Exposure; the PBS series A Parliament Of Minds; and the cable specials America's Great Parks (Discovery Channel) and William Shatner: At Home In The Universe (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Bravo). He edited The Search For Reality, a book that addresses the elusive nature of documentary film-making, from concept to distribution. He is the author of more than 25 books, including The Search for India, World War III, A Vision of Nature, Deep Ecology and Nature's Keepers-On the Front Lines of the Fight to Save Wildlife in America. Tobias is a former professor of Environmental Affairs and the Humanities at Dartmouth College. He earned his Ph.D. in the History of Consciousness from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has lived in India on and off for 25 years, and helped co-found a major film studio in Mumbai devoted to socially conscious film production and programming.

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