Lyall Bush is a writer and teacher, former executive director of Northwest Film Forum and Richard Hugo House, and current chair of the Film department at Cornish College of the Arts. He has published personal essays, feature essays, and reviews for a variety of publications, including The Iowa Review, Film Comment, MovieMaker, The Seattle Times, The Stranger, and Cinema Studies Journal. His writing has been feature on the National Public Radio station KUOW 94.9, at Bumbershoot (Seattle's music and arts festival), and his book and film recommendations were regular parts of Art Zone, hosted by Nancy Guppy. In 2006 he was selected by The Stranger as "One to Watch" in its annual "genius" awards.