Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
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Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien is a 1996 American short documentary film directed by Jessica Yu.
Film
It won an Oscar at the 69th Academy Awards in 1997 for Documentary Short Subject.[1][2]
Mark O'Brien was a journalist and poet who lived in Berkeley, California. The documentary explored his spiritual struggle coping with his disability; he had to use an iron lung much of the time due to childhood polio. O'Brien died on July 4, 1999, from post-polio syndrome.[3]
Cast
- Mark O'Brien as Himself
- Elizabeth Duvall as Herself
- Ian Berzon as Himself
- Jonathan Rhein as Himself
References
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External links
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- Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien at Fanlight Productions
- Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien at Icarus Films, parent of Fanlight Productions
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- 1996 films
- 1996 short documentary films
- 1996 independent films
- 1990s American films
- 1990s English-language films
- American independent films
- American short documentary films
- Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners
- Documentary films about people with disabilities
- Films directed by Jessica Yu
- English-language short documentary films
- English-language independent films