Michael Conforti
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Michael Conforti is an American television writer on the ABC Daytime
ABC Daytime
ABC Daytime is a programming block on the ABC Network which has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows and talk shows.-Schedule:...

 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,...

 General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....

. He played Jeremy Rhodes on Edge of Night, and Wally Bacon on Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...

. Conforti later became a writer for the soap opera Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...

. He became a Co-Head Writer for All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...

and Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...

. During the WGA strike, he chose financial core status with the Writers Guild of America
Writers Guild of America
The Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions:* The Writers Guild of America, East , representing TV and film writers East of the Mississippi....

 and continued working.

He is the father of 3, and Stepdad of 2: Olivia, Marrisa, Matt, Eva, Lilah.

Positions held

All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...

(hired by Angela Shapiro)
  • Co-Head Writer
    Head writer
    A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, as well as with sketch comedies and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits, but in prime time series this function is generally performed by an...

    : May 2001 - June 2001


General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....

(hired by Megan McTavish
Megan McTavish
Megan McTavish is an American television actress and soap opera writer. McTavish is best known for several head writing stints on All My Children.-Early career:...

)
  • Breakdown Writer: July 2001 - 2004, January 29, 2008 - October 2008
  • Associate Head/Breakdown Writer: 2004 - January 3, 2008, January 29, 2008 - October 2008


General Hospital: Night Shift
General Hospital: Night Shift
General Hospital: Night Shift is an American prime time serial that first aired on SOAPnet for a 13-episode run from July 12, 2007 to October 4, 2007. A spin-off of the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital, the show is SOAPnet's first original scripted drama series and follows the nighttime...

  • Script Writer: July 12, 2007 - October 4, 2007


Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...

  • Breakdown Writer: 1994 - October 1996, April 1997 - 1998
  • Co-Head Writer: October 1996 - April 1997
  • Script Writer: 1990 - 1994

Daytime Emmy Awards NOMINATIONS

  • (2003–2005, 2008, 2009; Best Writing; General Hospital)
  • (1992-1993 & 1999; Best Writing; Guiding Light)

Daytime Emmy Awards WINS

  • (2003, 2009; Best Writing; General Hospital)
  • (1993; Best Writing; Guiding Light)

Writers Guild of America Award NOMINATIONS

  • (1991, 1994–1995, 1997-1998 Season; Guiding Light)

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