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Jack O'Brien

Jack O'Brien

Born: 1939-06-18 • Saginaw, Michigan, USA

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.

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Filmography
On Broadway poster
On Broadway
2019 • Self
Every Act of Life poster
Every Act of Life
2018 • Self
Becoming Mike Nichols poster
Becoming Mike Nichols
2016 • Himself