About Barnet Bain

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Barnet Bain is an award-winning filmmaker, radio broadcaster, educator and creativity expert, and author of “The Book of Doing and Being” (Atria, 2015). His film credits include Oscar-winner “What Dreams May Come” (producer), Emmy-Award nominee, Outstanding TV Movie, “Homeless to Harvard” (executive producer) and “The Celestine Prophecy” (writer, producer). Learn more at www.BarnetBain.com

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Today our families, workplaces and relationships are being shaken by rapid change. Our guest, Barnet Bain, says we must learn to harness creativity to thrive in this new world. Barnet is an award-winning filmmaker, broadcaster, educator and author of “The Book of Doing and Being: Rediscovering Creativity in Life, Love and Work”. Barnet, why do you believe that creativity is crucial for everyone and not just a gifted few?

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Barnet Bain is an award-winning motion picture producer and director, radio broadcaster, educator and creativity expert, and author of “The Book of Doing and Being” (Atria, 2015). Some of Barnet's film credits include Oscar-winner “What Dreams May Come” (producer), Emmy-Award nominee, Outstanding TV Movie, “Homeless to Harvard” (executive producer), “The Celestine Prophecy” (writer, producer), “Jesus” (aka The Jesus Film) (writer), and “The Lost and Found Family” (director). Upcoming productions include “Milton’s Secret,” a family drama based on the book by Eckhart Tolle and Robert S. Friedman starring Donald Sutherland and Michelle Rodriguez and directed by and executive produced by Barnet, “Illusions” based on the novel by Richard Bach and directed by Zack Snyder (300, Man of Steel) and the documentary feature “When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy: the Story of Project LIGHT Rwanda” currently in post production. Barnet is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council and a founding member of the affiliated Association of Transformational Leaders. He is a contributing blogger for the Huffington Post. He can be heard every week as co-host of Cutting Edge Consciousness Radio on KVTA AM Talk Radio in Southern California in conversation with thought leaders, entrepreneurs and visionaries from the worlds of culture, commerce and consciousness. Barnet consults and trains business leaders and private clients who are committed to high performance. Through his creativity workshops and training seminars, he guides people of all ages and walks of life to expand their vision of what is possible, step into their purpose, and contribute their gifts and talents with passion. Barnet is a member of the faculty of The Spirituality Mind Body Institute Master’s Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, the first Ivy League graduate program dedicated to merging spirituality and evidence-based research within the context of clinical psychology. In 2016, creativity exercises from "The Book of Doing and Being" will be woven through the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Foundation's annual curriculum. The partnership, around the foundation's 2016 theme "Sparking Aha Moments," will empower families, schools, educators, employers and government representatives to focus on creativity in education and work. Barnet was honored by Wisdom Media with the Worldview Award for using media and entertainment to promote spiritual values. Learn more at www.BarnetBain.com