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Conal O'Brien
Conal O'Brien (born July 18, 1956) has worked as an American television director for nearly 30 years, and is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of ''Birth of the Angel: The COVID Murders Mystery: Book One of Two'' published in February, 2021. And, ''Death of Television: The COVID Murders Mystery: Book Two of Two'' published in November, 2022. His father, Vince O'Brien, appeared in several soap operas, in addition to roles in films, such as ''Annie Hall'', as well as playing the " Shell Answer Man".Potter, Beth"Haworth's Notable Characters" Haworth, New Jersey; accessed June 22, 2010. Positions held '' All My Children'' * Director (1987-2010) * Fight Director (1984-1990) * Director/Producer two short films: ''The Secret'', ''Quiet'' * Guest Director: ''One Life To Life'' ''The Young and the Restless'' * Director: December 9, 2010-2017 Awards and nominations Daytime Emmy Award *Nomination, 1990–1994, 1996–2002, 2005, Directing, ''All My Children'' *Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Director
A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the producer's vision is delivered. Their duties may include originating program ideas, finding contributors, writing scripts, planning 'shoots', ensuring safety, leading the crew on location, directing contributors and presenters, and working with an editor to assemble the final product. The work of a television director can vary widely depending on the nature of the program, the practices of the production company, whether the program content is factual or drama, and whether it is Live television, live or recorded. Types of television director Factual television director Factual or documentary TV directors may take any number of roles in the television production process, or combine several roles in one. Entertainment television director I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince O'Brien
Vincent J. O'Brien (January 11, 1919 – June 19, 2010) was an American character actor, who appeared as a doctor in Woody Allen's film ''Annie Hall'' (1977) and appeared on television and in print ads as the Shell Answer Man. O'Brien grew up in New Britain, Connecticut and served in the United States Army during World War II. He attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he was awarded a bachelor's degree in 1949 with a major in drama. In 1950 he moved to New York City, where he started his acting career. O'Brien's balding, mature look helped gain him roles as authority figures, with his son recalling that "he always had that older look" even in his early acting days. In the 1950s, he appeared on 23 episodes of the television series ''Westinghouse Studio One'', including an episode with Walter Matthau. During the 1960s, O'Brien appeared on the soap operas ''Dark Shadows'', ''The Edge of Night'' and twice, as two different characters in two different decades, on ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Hall
''Annie Hall'' is a 1977 American satirical romantic comedy-drama film directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay written by him and Marshall Brickman, and produced by Allen's manager, Charles H. Joffe. The film stars Allen as Alvy Singer, who tries to figure out the reasons for the failure of his relationship with the eponymous female lead, played by Diane Keaton in a role written specifically for her. Principal photography for the film began on May 19, 1976, on the South Fork of Long Island, and continued periodically for the next ten months. Allen has described the result, which marked his first collaboration with cinematographer Gordon Willis, as "a major turning point", in that unlike the farces and comedies that were his work to that point, it introduced a new level of seriousness. Academics have noted the contrast in the settings of New York City and Los Angeles, the stereotype of gender differences in sexuality, the presentation of Jewish identity, and the elements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shell Answer Man
The Shell Answer Man was a series of television advertisements from the 1960s through the 1990s sponsored by Royal Dutch Shell in which answers were provided to common questions from the public about driving, with advice on vehicle maintenance, repair and safety, as well as guidance to users of home heating oil. Companion booklets, a series titled the Shell Answer Books, were inserted into major magazines and distributed as free giveaways at Shell gas stations. The ads were aimed at typical drivers, helping inform them how to avoid wasting gasoline through such tips as not making jackrabbit starts, ensuring proper tire inflation, regular oil changes and proper basic maintenance of their vehicle, as well as guidance on how to get the most out of heating one's home. The campaign was developed in the late 1960s for Shell by the advertising firm of Ogilvy & Mather, a relationship that would continue for nearly four decades. Print ads addressed other oil uses, such as touting the benefi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haworth, New Jersey
Haworth ( ) is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 3,382,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Haworth borough, Bergen County, New Jersey . Accessed March 5, 2013. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All My Children
''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2013, via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes. Created by Agnes Nixon, ''All My Children'' is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictional suburb of Philadelphia, which is modeled on the actual Philadelphia suburb of Rosemont, Pennsylvania, Rosemont. The original series featured Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime television's most popular characters. The title of the series refers to the bonds of humanity. ''All My Children'' was the first new network daytime drama to debut in the 1970s. Originally owned by Creative Horizons, Inc., the company created by Nixon and her husband, Bob, the show was sold to ABC in January 1975. The series started at a half-hour in per-installment length, then was expanded to a full hour on April 25, 1977. Earlier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young And The Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wisconsin). First broadcast on March 26, 1973, ''The Young and the Restless'' was originally broadcast as half-hour episodes, five times a week. The show expanded to one-hour episodes on February 4, 1980. In 2006, the series began airing previous episodes weeknights on SOAPnet until 2013, when it moved to TVGN (now Pop). As of July 1, 2013, Pop still airs previous episodes on weeknights. The series is also syndicated internationally. ''The Young and the Restless'' originally focused on two core families: the wealthy Brooks family and the working class Foster family. After a series of recasts and departures in the early 1980s, all the original characters except Jill Foster Abbott were written out. Bell replaced them with new core families, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), the Daytime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. The first ceremony was held in 1974, expanding what was originally a prime time-themed Emmy Award. Ceremonies generally are held in May or June. History The first Emmy Award ceremony took place on January 25, 1949. The first daytime-themed Emmy Awards were given out at the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony in 1972, when '' The Doctors'' and ''General Hospital'' were nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Drama. That year, ''The Doctors'' won the first Best Show Daytime Emmy. In addition, the award for Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in a Daytime Drama was given to Mary Fickett from ''All My Children''. A p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors Guild Of America Award
The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Directors Guild of America. The first DGA Award was an "Honorary Life Member" award issued in 1938 to D. W. Griffith. The statues are made by New York firm, Society Awards. Categories Competitive categories Special awards Discontinued categories Winners – Motion Picture Lifetime Achievement Award (formerly the D. W. Griffith Lifetime Achievement Award) * 1953: Cecil B. DeMille * 1954: John Ford * 1955: No award * 1956: Henry King * 1957: King Vidor * 1958: No award * 1959: Frank Capra * 1960: George Stevens * 1961: Frank Borzage * 1962–1965: No award * 1966: William Wyler * 1967: No award * 1968: Alfred Hitchcock * 1969: No award * 1970: Fred Zinnemann * 1971–1972: No award * 1973: William A. Wellman and David Lean * 1974–1980: No award * 1981: George Cukor * 1982: Rouben Mamoulian * 1983: John Huston * 1984: Orson Welles * 1985: Billy Wilder * 1986: Joseph L. Mankiewicz * 1987: Elia Kazan * 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Television Directors
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Living People
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