Joseph O'Brien

Joseph O'Brien (* 1894 or 1895, † March 30, 1945 in New York ) was an American film producer , film director and film editor who was nominated for an Oscar in 1946 for the short film Your National Gallery .

Life

O'Brien produced his first documentary short film Monkey Shines for Paramount Pictures in 1934 . This was followed in the following years by various episodes of the short documentary series Stranger Than Fiction , produced for Universal Pictures , as well as episodes of the short documentary series Going Places with Graham McNamee . O'Brien worked almost exclusively in the field of short films or documentary short films and was active as a producer as well as a director and editor.

Several times he worked with Thomas Mead , one of them in their common short film Your National Gallery , for both 1946 in the category "Best Short Film" (one roll of film) for an Oscar nominated, but which at Herbert Moulton and Stairway to Light , a Short biography about the French psychiatrist Philippe Pinel , went. O'Brien, who died in 1945, was unable to take part in the Academy Awards.

Filmography (selection)

as a producer

• 1934: Monkey Shines (documentary short film)
• 1935, 1936: Stranger Than Fiction, # 6 to # 19, (documentary shorts)
• 1939: Going Places with Graham McNamee # 58 + # 59, (short film and documentary short film)
• 1939: Stranger Than Fiction, # 59, 69 + 70 (short films)
• 1939: Going Places with Graham McNamee # 60, # 66 + # 69, # 70, # 72 (documentary short films and short films)
• 1940: Peñíscola, baluarte del Papa Luna (documentary short film)
• 1940: Going Places with Graham McNamee, # 79 + # 88 (documentary shorts)
• 1941: Stranger Than Fiction, # 87, # 88, # 89 (documentary shorts)
• 1941: Variety Views, # 94, # 95 (documentary shorts)
• 1941: Universal Variety Views, No. 93 (documentary short film)
• 1941: Stranger Than Fiction 6371: Shampoo Springs (short film)
• 1942: Stranger Than Fiction, # 102
• 1942: Menace of the Rising Sun (documentary short film)
• 1942: King of '49ers (documentary short film)
• 1942: Human Sailboat (documentary short film)
• 1942: Double Talk Girl (short film)
• 1942: Arsenal of Might (documentary short film)
• 1942: Roar, Navy, Roar (documentary short film)
• 1943: The Armless Dentist (short documentary film)
• 1944: The Barefoot Judge (documentary short film)
• 1944: Aviation Expert: Donald Douglas (documentary short film)
• 1945: Author in Babyland (short film)
• 1945: Your National Gallery (short film)
• 1945: ABC Pinup (short film)
• 1947: Variety Views, # 158 (documentary short, previously produced, together with Thomas Mead)

as a director

• 1941: Variety Views (1941–1942 Season) # 2: Northern Neighbors (also producer)
• 1941: Stranger Than Fiction 6372: The Hermit of Oklahoma (short film; also editor + producer)
• 1941: Stranger Than Fiction 6373: The Candy Kid (short film; also editor + producer)
• 1941: Stranger Than Fiction 6374: Junior Battle Fleet (short film; also editor + producer)
• 1942: Keys to Adventure (documentary short film, also producer)
• 1942: Cavalcade of Aviation (documentary short film, also producer)
• 1942: Trouble Sport of the East (documentary short film, also producer)
• 1942: Canadian Patrol (documentary short film, also producer)
• 1942: Jail Hostess (documentary short film, also producer)
• 1942: Spirit of Democracy (documentary short film, also co-producer)
• 1942: New Era in India (documentary short film, also co-producer)
• 1942: Western Whoopee (documentary short film, also co-producer)
• 1943: Winter Sports Jamboree (documentary short film, also co-producer)
• 1943: Variety Views, # 116 (documentary short, also producer)
• 1943: Mother of Presidents (documentary short film, also co-producer)
• 1943: Hungry India (documentary short film, also co-producer)
• 1943: Mirror of Sub-Marine Life (documentary short film, also co-producer)
• 1943: Confusion in India (documentary short film, also co-producer)

Award / nomination

• 1946 : Oscar nomination for Your National Gallery
  with Thomas Mead

Web links

• Joseph O'Brien in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ According to the obituary in Variety of April 4, 1945, he was 50 years old at the time of his death
2. ↑ Joseph O'Brien  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at awardsdatabase.oscars.org (English)  
3. ^ According to Variety, he died on March 29, 1945
4. ↑ The 18th Academy Awards | 1946 at oscars.org (English)
5. ↑ Thomas Mead, Joseph O'Brien  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at awardsdatabase.oscars.org (English)