Sally McDonald
Encyclopedia
Sally McDonald is an American
television soap opera
director
. Beside working on daytime, McDonald was also a production supervisor for game shows The $10,000 Pyramid, Card Sharks
and Win, Lose or Draw
.
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
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...
. Beside working on daytime, McDonald was also a production supervisor for game shows The $10,000 Pyramid, Card Sharks
Card Sharks
Card Sharks is an American television game show created by Chester Feldman for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Two contestants compete for control of a row of oversized playing cards by answering questions posed by the host and then guessing if the next card is higher or lower in value than...
and Win, Lose or Draw
Win, Lose or Draw
Win, Lose or Draw is an American television game show that aired from 1987 to 1990 in syndication and on NBC. It was taped at CBS Television City, often in Studios 31, 33, and 43 at various times...
.
Positions held
The Young and the RestlessThe 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...
- Production Supervisor (1990 - 1993)
- Associate Director (1993 – 1997)
- Director (1997– 2011)
- Producer (2008)
- Supervising Producer (May 2011 - present)
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...
- Nomination, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2004–2006, Directing Team, The Young and the Restless
- Win, 1996–1999, 2001, 2002, Directing Team, The Young and the Restless
Directors Guild of America Award
- Nomination, 2003, Directing Team, The Young and the Restless (episode #7784)
- Nomination, 1998, Directing Team, The Young and the Restless (episode #6437)