Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
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Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper is a 1995 short documentary film
about Herbert Zipper
, written, directed, and produced by Terry Sanders
, with Freida Lee Mock
co-producing. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
at the 68th Academy Awards
in 1996.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about Herbert Zipper
Herbert Zipper
Herbert Zipper was an internationally renowned composer, conductor, and arts activist...
, written, directed, and produced by Terry Sanders
Terry Sanders
Terry Sanders is an American filmmaker having produced and/or directed more than 70 dramatic features, televisions specials, documentaries and portrait films. He co-heads the American Film Foundation and has produced and photographed the Oscar-winning dramatic short "A Time Out of War"...
, with Freida Lee Mock
Freida Lee Mock
Freida Lee Mock is a filmmaker, credited with producing films about a wide variety of historical and contemporary subjects. She is a co-founder of the American Film Foundation with Terry Sanders....
co-producing. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
This is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
at the 68th Academy Awards
68th Academy Awards
The 68th Academy Awards were held on March 25, 1996, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The show was hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. The ceremony was watched 44.48 million viewers, with 30.5% households watching...
in 1996.