Educating Peter

Educating Peter
Directed byGerardine Wurzburg
Produced byThomas C. Goodwin
Gerardine Wurzburg
Sheila Nevins
StarringJudy Gwazdauskas
Peter Gwazdauskas
CinematographyGary Griffin
Edited byGrady Watts
Ilana Bittner
Music byRichard Einhorn
Production
companies
State of the Art, Inc.
Distributed byHBO (TV)
Direct Cinema Limited (educational)
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Educating Peter is a 1992 American short documentary film directed by Gerardine Wurzburg about Peter Gwazdauskas, a special needs student with Down syndrome, and his inclusion in a standard third grade classroom in Blacksburg, Virginia. It won an Oscar at the 65th Academy Awards in 1993 for Documentary Short Subject.[1][2]

  1. ^ "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  2. ^ "New York Times: Educating Peter". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2008.