Life According to Sam

6.8
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 90 min
  • Premiere: 2013. January 21.

Progeria is a rare, fatal genetic condition that causes accelerated aging in children; its young victims rarely live past 13. This moving documentary explores the remarkable world of Sam Berns and the relentless pursuit of a treatment and cure by his parents (both doctors) to save their son from the disease.

Discover

Francis Collins

Self - Director, National Institutes of Health

Camera

Sean Fine

Director of Photography

Directing

Andrea Nix

Director

Sean Fine

Director

Editing

Production

Sheila Nevins

Executive Producer

Sound

Keegan DeWitt

Original Music Composer