| Leo Beuerman | |
| Director: | Gene Boomer |
| Producer: | Russell A. Mosser Arthur H. Wolf[1] |
| Editing: | Larry Bixby |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Leo Beuerman is a 1969 American short documentary film directed by Gene Boomer. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[2]
It tells the story of Leo Beuerman (19021974), a diminutive, disabled man who sold pencils and became a fixture on the downtown sidewalks of Lawrence, Kansas in the 1950s and 1960s thanks to his determination.[3] [4]
The film was produced by Russell A. Mosser and Arthur H. Wolf of Centron Corporation. The simple profile of a short handicapped man with his tractor in downtown Lawrence was produced on a budget of $12,000 and eventually became one of the most popular classroom films of all time, selling an impressive 2,300 prints.[5]