Owen Renfroe
Encyclopedia
Owen Renfroe is an American
television soap opera
director and former editor
. He graduated from Wesleyan University
, where he studied film with Professor Jeanine Basinger.http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983033.html?categoryid=2870&cs=1
General Hospital: Night Shift
One Life to Live
Directors Guild of America Award
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
director and former editor
Film editing
Film editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking. It involves the selection and combining of shots into sequences, and ultimately creating a finished motion picture. It is an art of storytelling...
. He graduated from Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
, where he studied film with Professor Jeanine Basinger.http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983033.html?categoryid=2870&cs=1
Positions held
General HospitalGeneral Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
- Director (2001–present)
General Hospital: Night Shift
General Hospital: Night Shift
General Hospital: Night Shift is an American prime time serial that first aired on SOAPnet for a 13-episode run from July 12, 2007 to October 4, 2007. A spin-off of the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital, the show is SOAPnet's first original scripted drama series and follows the nighttime...
- Director (2007–present)
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...
- Associate Director/Director (1996–2001)
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...
- Won, 2004–2006, Directing Team, General Hospital
- Nominated, 2001, Multiple Camera Editing, One Life to Live
Directors Guild of America Award
- 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