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Molly O'Brien(I)

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Molly O'Brien at an event for The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023)
Molly O'Brien is an Academy Award winning and Primetime Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker. Her most recent work as director is the Academy award winning The Only Girl in the Orchestra (Netflix '24). Recent producing credits include Errol Morris' Separated (MSNBC Films/Submarine Deluxe/Greenwich '24), Julie Cohen's Every Body (Focus Features/Peacock '23), and Nicole Newnham's The Disappearance of Shere Hite (IFC/AMC '23).
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 3 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    American High (2000)
    American High
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Producer
    • 2000
    Some Common Things That Happen to Corpses (2000)
    Some Common Things That Happen to Corpses
    5.2
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2000
    Terminal Impact
    5.5
    • Producer
    • 2004
    The Bad Kids (2016)
    The Bad Kids
    7.0
    • Producer
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Love Birds (2025)
      Love Birds
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • King of the Apocalypse (2025)
      King of the Apocalypse
      6.2
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Separated (2024)
      Separated
      6.6
      • producer
      • 2024
    • The Debutantes (2024)
      The Debutantes
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Sophia Dunn-Walker, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Maria Bucur in Pussy Riot Demonstration at the Indiana Statehouse (2023)
      Pussy Riot Demonstration at the Indiana Statehouse
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2023–2024
    • Orin O'Brien in The Only Girl in the Orchestra (2023)
      The Only Girl in the Orchestra
      6.6
      Short
      • producer
      • 2023
    • To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb (2023)
      To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
      7.4
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Between Life & Death: Terri Schiavo's Story (2023)
      Between Life & Death: Terri Schiavo's Story
      7.3
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Alicia Roth Weigel, Sean Saifa Wall, and River Gallo in Every Body (2023)
      Every Body
      6.7
      • producer
      • 2023
    • The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023)
      The Disappearance of Shere Hite
      7.5
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets (2022)
      Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets
      4.7
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Memory Box: Echoes of 911 (2021)
      Memory Box: Echoes of 911
      8.1
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • The First Step (2021)
      The First Step
      8.7
      • consulting producer
      • 2021
    • The Bad Kids (2016)
      The Bad Kids
      7.0
      • co-producer
      • 2016
    • Cesar's Last Fast (2014)
      Cesar's Last Fast
      7.1
      • producer
      • 2014

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Frank Lloyd Wright in Frank Lloyd Wright (1998)
      Frank Lloyd Wright
      7.8
      • assistant camera
      • 1998
    • The West (1996)
      The West
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • assistant camera
      • 1996

    Director

    • Orin O'Brien in The Only Girl in the Orchestra (2023)
      The Only Girl in the Orchestra
      6.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Wild Things (2012)
      Wild Things
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Precision Motors (2011)
      Precision Motors
      Video
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Terminal Impact
      5.5
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Schooling Jewel (2002)
      Schooling Jewel
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Some Common Things That Happen to Corpses (2000)
      Some Common Things That Happen to Corpses
      5.2
      Short
      • Director
      • 2000

    Personal details

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    • Parents
      • Darcy O'Brien
    • Relatives
        Marguerite Churchill(Grandparent)
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    • Trivia
      Daughter of Darcy O'Brien. Granddaughter of George O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill. Niece of Orin O'Brien.
    • Trademark
        Molly O'Brien is of Irish ancestry.

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