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

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

1996
35m
6.5

6.5/10

8 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary
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.

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Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Inscrutable Films Pacific News Service
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

woman director

Quick Facts

Release Date March 13, 1996
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0115753

Cast

Mark O'Brien
Mark O'Brien

Himself

Key Crew

Jessica Yu
Director
Jessica Yu
Writer
Jessica Yu
Producer
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