---
name: "Keith Bunin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/keith-bunin"
fi1m_id: "keith-bunin"
imdb_id: "nm1291392"
tmdb_id: 1378767
wikidata_id: "Q16200571"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T01:32:24.721545+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Keith Bunin

## Identity

Keith Bunin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/keith-bunin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** keith-bunin
- **IMDb ID:** nm1291392
- **TMDB ID:** 1378767
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16200571
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Bunin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16200571, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1291392/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1378767

Writer. Born 1 January 1971 in Poughkeepsie, New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1971, Poughkeepsie, New York
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Bunin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16200571, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1291392/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1378767

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Onward*](https://film.one/film/onward.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Keith Bunin is an American playwright and screenwriter. He wrote the story for the animated film *Nimona* (2023) and co-wrote the screenplay for *Onward* (2020). His other screenwriting credits include the films *Horns* (2013) and *Which Brings Me to You* (2023), and episodes of the television series *In Treatment* (2008–2009).

Bunin’s plays include *The Credeaux Canvas*, *The World Over* and *The Busy World is Hushed*, all of which premiered at Playwrights Horizons in New York. His play *The Coast Starlight* received its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse and was later produced by Lincoln Center Theater.

He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, attended film school at New York University, graduated from Goddard College and received a master’s degree from Columbia University. He lives in Brooklyn and Rhode Island.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, arts.columbia.edu, theatricalrights.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Nimona* (2023), Fi1m 74, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/nimona.md)
- *Onward* (2020), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/onward.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Which Brings Me to You* (2023), Writer
- *Nimona* (2023), Story — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/nimona.md)
- *Onward* (2020), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/onward.md)
- *Horns* (2013), Screenplay
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Teleplay
- *The Dadshuttle* (1996), Editor
- *Ezekiel Moss*, Story, Screenplay

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