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A month after receiving a fatal diagnosis in January 2015, Oliver Sacks sat down for a series of filmed interviews in his apartment in New York City. For eighty hours, surrounded by family, friends, and notebooks from six decades of thinking and writing about the brain, he talked about his life and work, his abiding sense of wonder at the natural world, and the place of human beings within it. Drawing on these deeply personal reflections, as well as nearly two dozen interviews with close friends, family members, colleagues and patients, and archival material from every point in his life, this film is the story of a beloved doctor and writer who redefined our understanding of the brain and mind. Oliver Sacks: His Own Life is a Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber. It will open in theaters starting May 5. To book this film please contact Nancy Gerstman or Emily Russo . Poster is not final. Photo by Bill Hayes.
Original Release
09/23/2020
US Release
09/23/2020
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Oliver Sacks | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Roberto Calasso | Self |
Antonio Damasio | Self |
Kate Edgar | Self |
Shane Fistell | Self |
Atul Gawande | Self |
Temple Grandin | Self |
Theodore Gray | Self |
Lowell Handler | Self |
Mark Homonoff | Self |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Oliver Sacks | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Roberto Calasso | Self |
Antonio Damasio | Self |
Kate Edgar | Self |
Shane Fistell | Self |
Atul Gawande | Self |
Temple Grandin | Self |
Theodore Gray | Self |
Lowell Handler | Self |
Mark Homonoff | Self |
Anna Horovitz | Self |
Bill Hayes | Self |
Eric Kandel | Self |
Christof Koch | Self |
Robert Krulwich | Self |
Jonathan Miller | Self |
Rachel Miller | Self |
Isabelle Rapin | Self |
Katherine Rodman | Self |
Jonathan Sacks | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Paul Allen | Executive Producer |
Arthur Altschul Jr. | Executive Producer |
John Battsek | Executive Producer |
Greg Boustead | Executive Producer |
Sean B. Carroll | Executive Producer |
Christopher Clements | Executive Producer |
Rocky Collins | Executive Producer |
Geralyn White Dreyfous | Executive Producer |
David Guy Elisco | Executive Producer |
Sally Jo Fifer | Executive Producer |
Julie Goldman | Executive Producer |
Michael Kantor | Executive Producer |
Margaret Munzer Loeb | Executive Producer |
Nion McEvoy | Executive Producer |
Regina K. Scully | Executive Producer |
Nicole Stott | Executive Producer |
Carole Tomko | Executive Producer |
Kathryn Clinard | Producer |
David Eisenberg | Producer |
Marco Glinbizzi | Producer |
Tamara Gould | Producer |
Meghan Horvath | Producer |
Leigh Howell | Producer |
Melissa Jacobson | Producer |
Bonnie Lafave | Producer |
Katie O'Rourke | Producer |
Jake Orlin | Producer |
Emily Pfeil | Producer |
Nathalie Rosa | Producer |
Julie Sacks | Producer |
Greg Sorin | Producer |
Ingmar Trost | Producer |
Junko Tsunashima | Producer |
David Wulzen | Producer |