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Jack O'Brien

born 1939 · Directing

62.5avg grm
4titles
#735best rank
4honors
Gbest title · #735 on siteGreat Performances1971 · as Director · series64.1

Honors

4
2007Tony Award — Best Direction of a Play
2003Tony Award — Best Direction of a Musical
1995Lucille Lortel Award — Outstanding Director
—Drama League Award

Bio

Jack O'Brien (born June 18, 1939) is an American director, producer, writer and lyricist. He has won three Tony Awards and been nominated for seven more, and won five Drama Desk Awards. O'Brien has directed and produced musicals, including The Full Monty and Hairspray, contemporary dramas such as The Piano Lesson, The Invention of Love and The Coast of Utopia, Shakespeare classics, including Hamlet and Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2), and operas, including Il trittico at the Metropolitan Opera. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack O'Brien (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography

Jack O'Brien (born June 18, 1939) is an American director, producer, writer and lyricist. He has won three Tony Awards and been nominated for seven more, and won five Drama Desk Awards. O'Brien has directed and produced musicals, including The Full Monty and Hairspray, contemporary dramas such as The Piano Lesson, The Invention of Love and The Coast of Utopia, Shakespeare classics, including Hamlet and Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2), and operas, including Il trittico at the Metropolitan Opera. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack O'Brien (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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2010s1 titleBBecoming Mike Nichols2016 · as Self57.3
1990s1 titleGGrace Under Fire1993 · as Director · series64.5
1980s1 titleAAmerican Playhouse1980 · as Director · series64.0
1970s1 titleGGreat Performances1971 · as Director · series64.1

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Jack O'Brien

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born1939
known forDirecting
titles on site4
best title rank#735 · Great Performances (1971)
avg GRM62.5
honors4 · Tony Award — Best Direction of a Play, 2007
Honors
  • 2007Tony Award — Best Direction of a Play
  • 2003Tony Award — Best Direction of a Musical
  • 1995Lucille Lortel Award — Outstanding Director
  • —Drama League Award
Jack O'Brien (born June 18, 1939) is an American director, producer, writer and lyricist. He has won three Tony Awards and been nominated for seven more, and won five Drama Desk Awards. O'Brien has directed and produced musicals, including The Full Monty and Hairspray, contemporary dramas such as The Piano Lesson, The Invention of Love and The Coast of Utopia, Shakespeare classics, including Hamlet and Henry IV (a combination of Part 1 and Part 2), and operas, including Il trittico at the Metropolitan Opera. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack O'Brien (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

ranked on this site

2010s

1 title
B57.3Becoming Mike Nichols2016 · as Self

1990s

1 title
G64.5Grace Under Fire1993 · as Director · series

1980s

1 title
A64.0American Playhouse1980 · as Director · series

1970s

1 title
G64.1Great Performances1971 · as Director · series

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