Leo Beuerman
| Leo Beuerman | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gene Boomer |
| Produced by |
Russell A. Mosser Arthur H. Wolf |
| Written by | Margaret Travis |
| Edited by | Larry Bixby |
| Distributed by | Centron Corporation (as Centron Productions) |
Release date | 1969 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Leo Beuerman is a 1969 American short documentary film directed by Gene Boomer. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[1] It tells the story of Leo Beuerman (1902 – 1974), a diminutive, disabled man who sold pencils and became a fixture on the downtown sidewalks of Lawrence, Kansas in the 1950s and 1960s.
The film was produced by Russell A. Mosser and Arthur H. Wolf of Centron Corporation. The simple profile of a short handicapped man with his tractor in downtown Lawrence was produced on a budget of $12,000 and eventually became one of the most popular classroom films of all time, selling an impressive 2300 prints.[2]
References
- ↑ "The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ↑ Geoff Alexander, Academic Films..., p. 75
External links
- Leo Beuerman Official Website (as archived July 19, 2012)
- Leo Beuerman on IMDb
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