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Conal O'Brien is an American

United States

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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

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 daytime television for nearly 23 years.

His father, Vince O'Brien

Vince O'Brien

Vince O'Brien was an American character actor, who appeared as a doctor in Woody Allen's film Annie Hall and appeared on television and in print ads as the Shell Answer Man....

, appeared in several soap operas, in addition to roles in Annie Hall
Annie Hall
Annie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay co-written with Marshall Brickman and co-starring Diane Keaton. One of Allen's most popular and most honored films, it won four Academy Awards including Best Picture...

and as the Shell Answer Man

Shell Answer Man

The Shell Answer Man was a series of television advertisements from the 1960s through the 1990s sponsored by Shell Oil 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...

Positions held

All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...

Director (1987-present)
Fight Director (1987 - 1990)
Director/Producer two short films: The Secret, Quiet
Guest Director: One Life To Life

The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...

Guest Director: December 9, 2010

Awards and nominations

Daytime 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...

Nomination, 1990-1994, 1996-2002, 2005, Directing, All My Children
Win, 1995 & 2003, Directing, All My Children

Directors Guild of America Award

Nomination, 2004, Directing, All My Children, (episode #8768)
Nomination, 2000, Directing, All My Children, (episode #7969)
Nomination, 2005, Directing, All My Children

External links

Conal O'Brien at IMDB

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