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

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1996)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1996-03-13
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 35min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Inscrutable Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Jessica Yu
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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. 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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  • Mark O'Brien

    as Himself
Directing Jessica Yu Director
Writing Jessica Yu Writer
Production Jessica Yu Producer
Editing Jessica Yu Editor
Crew Shana Hagan Cinematography