![Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/b25Ug6I4UBjcH2Fx98GnxIrhgp7.jpg)
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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.Status: | Released (1996-03-13) |
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Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins total |
Screen: | Jessica Yu |
Productions: | Inscrutable Films, Pacific News Service |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |
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