John O'Connell (director)
Encyclopedia
John O'Connell is an American
television director
. He has worked in Dramatic and Music multi-camera television production for over 20 years.
Private Sessions
Copshop
Night Music
As the World Turns
Guiding Light
One Life to Live
United States
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television director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
. He has worked in Dramatic and Music multi-camera television production for over 20 years.
Positions held
100 Centre Street100 Centre Street
100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin.-Premise:The show takes its name for the street address of the criminal division of the New York Supreme Court for New York County. The show aired in the United States on the A&E Network cable television...
- Director (2000,2001)
- Associate Director(2000,2001)
Private Sessions
Private Sessions
Private Sessions is a television series produced by the A&E Network featuring entertainers interviewed by host Lynn Hoffman. Most guests are musicians that perform one or more of their songs during the hour-long episode, but actors also have appeared on the show.In the United States, the show...
Copshop
Night Music
Night music
Night music can refer to:* A nocturne, usually a musical composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night.* Night music , a stylistic evocation of the night found in the music of the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók....
As the World Turns
As the World Turns
As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...
- Director (2004-2010)
- Occasional Director (2002-2003)
Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
- Occasional Director (2003)
- Director (1991-1998)
- Associate Director (1990-1996)
One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
- Director(1998-2000)
- Occasional Director (2003)
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy AwardDaytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
- Win, 2007, Directing Team, As the World Turns (Shared win with Maria WagnerMaria WagnerMaria Wagner is an American television soap opera director and writer.-Directing credits:As the World Turns* Director *Breakdown Writer -Awards and nominations:Daytime Emmy Award...
, Michael EilbaumMichael EilbaumMichael Eilbaum is an American television soap opera director. He has worked on daytime for over 28 years.-Directing Credits:Another World* Director As the World Turns* Director One Life to Live...
, Sonia BlangiardoSonia BlangiardoSonia Blangiardo is an American television soap opera director and producer.-Positions held:All My Children* Associate Producer * Production Assistant...
, Jennifer PeppermanJennifer PeppermanJennifer Pepperman is an American television soap opera director and producer.-Positions held:As the World Turns* Director * Occasional Director * Associate Director...
, Habib AzarHabib AzarHabib Azar is an American film, theater and television director.-Career:He began his television directing career at the daytime soap opera As the World Turns after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University at the age of 22.In 2007, Habib Azar won an Emmy Award for directing As the World...
, Christopher GoutmanChristopher GoutmanChristopher Goutman is an American soap opera producer, writer, actor, and director. He has played minor roles on Search for Tomorrow, Texas and The Edge of Night. After leaving acting, he began to direct on All My Children, As the World Turns, Guiding Light, and Another World...
, Michael Kerner, Carol Sedwick, Janet Andrews, James Kowal, Brian Lydell, Jennifer Blood, Nancy Barron, Alexandra Roalsvig, Brett Hellman - General Hospital
- Guiding Light
- One Life To Live
- Win, 2004, Directing Team, Guiding Light
- Nomination, 1990-1991, 1993, 2004, Directing Team, Guiding Light