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Molly O'Brien Biography

Birth Name:Molly O'Brien

Profession Producer, Director, Camera department

Fast Facts

  • Was made a 2010 Sundance Institute Producing Fellow
  • Was short listed for the Academy Awards in 1998 for "A Pig with Hair․"
  • Graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts
  • Ken Burns of "Frank Lloyd Wright & Baseball" gave her her initial training as a camera assistant
  • Started working for Sundance Institute in 2013, producing fundraising events and documentary films
  • Discovered her love of teaching as an adjunct professor of Wildlife and Environmental Film

Awards

  • 2001Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Reality): winner
  • 2002Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Reality): nominated
  • 2018Emmy-Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary: nominated
  • 2022Video Source Award-: nominated
  • 2024Windie-Best Documentary Film: nominated
  • 2024Best Documentary Short-: winner
  • 2024PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures: nominated
  • 2025Oscar-Best Documentary Short Film: winner