film

The Animated Mind of Oliver Sacks

BFI Doc Society Fund

Producer

Al Morrow

Producer

Lori Cheatle

Director

Dempsey Rice

 

Production support

 

A cinematic journey into the life and work of celebrated author and neurologist Oliver Sacks, M.D. Filmmaker Dempsey Rice combines her ten years of on-camera conversations with Sacks, using animation and stunning visuals to explore the line between biography and patient histories, painting a fascinating portrait of Sacks and his quest to understand the mind.