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Leo Beuerman is a 1969 American short documentary film directed by Gene Boomer. 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 thanks to his determination. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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IMDb7.3
Released
1969
October 1, 1969
57 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Academy Awards1970
- Documentary Short Film1970Nominated
Directing · 1
- Gene Boomer Director
Writing · 1
- Margaret Travis Writer
Production · 2
- Arthur H. Wolf Producer
- Russell A. Mosser Producer
Editing · 1
- Larry Bixby Editor
Sound · 1
- Klaus Peter Sattler Music
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