'' Breath Made Visible '' is a 2009 documentary film about modern dance legend Anna Halprin . It is produced and directed by filmmaker Ruedi Gerber . The film premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival where it received the Audience Award Certificate of Excellence and at the Locarno Film Festival in 2009 . Prior to directing his first U.S. feature film , '' Heartbreak Hospital '' , Gerber had a number of award-winning documentaries to his credit , including '' Meta-Mecano '' and '' Living With the Spill '' , a documentary about the Exxon Valdez oil spill . Gerber is a former Halprin student and a graduate of the New York University film school , Tisch School of the Arts in 1990 . Before he became a film director , Gerber acted in over 30 plays at theaters throughout Europe including the German State theaters of Mannheim , Dortmund , Wuppertal , and in Vienna and Basel
Exxon Valdez oil spill
Exxon Valdez oil spill
Breath Made Visible