Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien

Name: Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
Genre: Documentary
Released: 13 Mar 1996
Rating: 6.50
Cast: Mark O'Brien

1996-03-13 United States of America 35 minutes.

6.50 6 votes

Documentary woman director

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Overview

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien is a 1996 American short documentary film directed by Jessica Yu. 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 4 July 1999, from post-polio syndrome. It won an Oscar at the 69th Academy Awards in 1997 for Documentary Short Subject.

Year 1996

Studio Inscrutable Films, Pacific News Service

Director Jessica Yu

Crew Jessica Yu (Director), Shana Hagan (Cinematography), Jessica Yu (Writer), Jessica Yu (Producer), Jessica Yu (Editor)

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Language English