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.
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.
Cast Mark O'Brien as Himself Elizabeth Duvall as Herself Ian Berzon as Himself Jonathan Rhein as Himself
References
External links
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