Director

Jack O'Brien

Directing

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 1All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 1242558

IMDb ID: nm0639590

Known for: Directing

Born: June 18, 1939

Age: 86

Place of birth: Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1978 - 2019

Years active: 42

Wikidata: Q6114369

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Director (6)Stage Director (1)Executive Producer (1)

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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.

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