When Billy Broke His Head… and Other Tales of Wonder
Co-Producer, Director, Editor
57 min, 1994
Following severe head injury, journalist Billy Golfus struggles for a new life in the face of pervasive discrimination and bureaucratic government systems. An irreverent road movie about disability, civil rights, and the search for intelligent life after brain damage.
Freedom of Expression Award, Sundance Film Festival
DuPont-Columbia Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism
Best Documentary, Atlanta Film Festival
First Place – Documentary, Central Florida Film & Video Festival
Gold Apple Award, National Educational Media Network
Jurors’ Choice, Black Maria Film & Video Festival
Audience Award, Leipzig Int’l Documentary & Animation Festival
Best Journalistic Film, Leipzig Int’l Documentary & Animation Festival
Grand Prize, Para-Olympic Disability Film Festival
Silver Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival
Silver Medal, New York Expo of Short Film & Video
Screened at Museum of Modern Art’s New Documentaries Series
Selected for INPUT 1995, San Sabastian, Spain
Broadcast nationally on PBS and in more than fifteen foreign countries
