Owen Renfroe is an American film and television
director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''D ...
. He graduated from
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University ( ) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the col ...
, where he studied film with Professor
Jeanine Basinger Jeanine Basinger (born 3 February 1936, in Ravenden, AR), a film historian, retired in 2020 as the Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies and Founder and Curator of The Cinema Archives at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.
Education
Ba ...
.
His professional career began at age ten, when he sang in the children's chorus of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
Positions held
''
Hollywood Heights''
* Director (2012)
''
General Hospital''
* Director (2001–2012)
''
General Hospital: Night Shift''
* Director (2007)
''
One Life to Live''
* Associate Director/Director (1996–2001)
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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, ...
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* Director (November 30, 2012–present)
Awards and nominations
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 ...
*Won, 2004–2006, Directing Team, ''General Hospital''
*Nominated, 2001, Multiple Camera Editing, ''One Life to Live''
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.
Catego ...
*Nominated, 2010, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Daytime Serial, "General Hospital"
*Won, 2006, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Daytime Serial, ''General Hospital''
*Won, 1999 & 2001, Directing Team, ''One Life to Live''
References
External links
*
2006 DGA AwardsHalf MoonUPI: Renfore
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Wesleyan University alumni
American television directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Directors Guild of America Award winners
Daytime Emmy Award winners