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"I am thrilled that this new film, with the music of so many seminal musicians of the 1960s, tells Gabriel’s story in a new way.”
Oliver Sacks is perhaps the best-known neurologist in the world, thanks to his many best-selling books of case histories, including Musicophilia, Awakenings, and The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat. Born in London and educated at Oxford, Dr. Sacks came to California for his medical residency, and since 1965 he has lived in New York City, where he is a practicing neurologist and professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center. He was recently designated the first Columbia University Artist, acknowledging his unique work in bridging the sciences and the humanities.
The New York Times has referred to Dr. Sacks as "the poet laureate of medicine," and his compassionate explorations of the far borderlands of neurological experience have deeply influenced our understanding of the human mind and brain. His investigations into conditions like Tourette's syndrome, autism, parkinsonism, dementia, and musical hallucinations have inspired artists, psychologists, neuroscientists, anthropologists, and philosophers around the world.
Dr. Sacks's work has given rise to many dramatic adaptations, by artists ranging from Peter Brook to Brian Friel. Awakenings (1973) was the inspiration for Harold Pinter's play "A Kind of Alaska" and the 1990 Oscar-nominated feature film "Awakenings"; with Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. In 2010, the Rambert Dance Company debuted a ballet based on Awakenings by composer Tobias Picker and choreographer Aletta Collins.