The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Directed byJudy Irving
Produced byJudy Irving
StarringMark Bittner
Judy Irving (uncredited)
CinematographyJudy Irving
Edited byJudy Irving
Music byChris Michie
Distributed byShadow Distribution Inc.
Release dates
  • October 9, 2003 (2003-10-09) (Austin Film Festival)
  • February 11, 2005 (2005-02-11) (United States)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is a 2003 documentary film directed, produced, and edited by Judy Irving. It chronicles the relationship between Mark Bittner, an unemployed musician who lives rent-free in a cabin in the Telegraph Hill-neighborhood of San Francisco, and a flock of feral parrots that he feeds and looks after. Bittner also wrote a memoir about his experiences with the parrots, which shares the title of the documentary, but has the added subtitle: A Love Story...with Wings.[1]

In May 2007, the documentary aired on the PBS series Independent Lens.

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