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2010s · United States · documentary

Life According to Sam (2013)

Directed by Andrea Nix Fine with Sean Fine · 1 h 34 min

Year
2013
Running time
1 h 34 min
Countries
United States
Languages
English
Produced by
Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

About the film

Life According to Sam is an HBO original documentary film directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine. Premiering in January 2013 at the Sundance Film Festival, the documentary discloses the impact that progeria had on the lives of Sam Berns and his parents, Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr.

Scott Berns. It was broadcast on HBO in October 2013, and since then it has won a 2013 Peabody Award and an Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. It was also one of the 15 titles considered for nomination in the Documentary Feature category for the 86th Oscars.

From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What it is about

progeria

Awards on record

  • Peabody Awards

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