Violet
Violet is a 1981 American short film directed by Shelley Levinson and starring Didi Conn. It won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in 1982. The film is based on the Doris Betts short story, "The Ugliest Pilgrim," first published in the collection Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories in 1973 (Harper & Row Publishers).
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author | Doris Betts |
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award | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film |
director | Shelley Levinson |
editor | Lynne Southerland |
genre | action drama |
musicBy | Don Peake |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film |
producer | John D. Schwartz Karen Shapiro Paul Kemp Shelley Levinson |
productionCompany | AFI Conservatory |
publisher | COE Film Associates |
theme | independent short |