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Oliver Sacks


Writer
  • Overview
  • Filmography
  • Life Events

Filmography

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Indestructible (2007)
At First Sight (1999)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat (1988)
Himself
The Music Never Stopped (2011)
Source Material
At First Sight (1999)
Story By
At First Sight (1999)
From Story

Biography

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Indestructible (2007)
At First Sight (1999)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat (1988)
Himself

Writer (Feature Film)

The Music Never Stopped (2011)
Source Material
At First Sight (1999)
Story By
At First Sight (1999)
From Story

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Awakenings (1990)
Source Material (From Novel)
Awakenings (1990)
Consultant
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat (1988)
Other

Cast (Special)

Oliver Sacks: The Mind Traveler (1998)
Awakenings: The Real Story (1998)
People in Motion (1996)

Writer (Short)

Re: Awakenings (2013)
Writer

Life Events

1966

Served as neurological consultant at Beth Abraham Health Services in New York, which inspires Awakenings.

1970

Published first book, Migraine

1999

Appeared in a small role in romantic drama "At First Sight," inspired by one of his essays

2005

Penned first memoir, Uncle Tungsten

Bibliography

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