Robert Guza Jr. | |
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| Born | 1954 |
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| Spouse | Meg Bennett (2004-2024) (her death) |
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Robert Guza Jr. (born in 1954) is an American television writer and producer, who formerly held the position as head writer on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital .
Guza was married to actress and fellow writer Meg Bennett from 2004 until her death in 2024.
During the 2007 WGA strike, Garin Wolf assumed head writing duties through March 17, 2008, at which time Guza's post-strike episodes hit the air waves.
Script Writer (hired by Anne Howard Bailey; 1982–1987)
Guza has been nominated for twenty Daytime Emmy Awards, the first being in 1994. Guza has won three Daytime Emmys for his work as head writer (all for General Hospital), four Emmys for his role as a consulting producer in GH's wins for Outstanding Drama Series, and one as a breakdown writer for Santa Barbara's win of Outstanding Writing Team. Guza was nominated six times for a Writers Guild of America Award (winning once).
As co-writer with Richard Paluck of the 1982 film Melanie , he was named winner of the Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983; [1] however, the award was subsequently rescinded after the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television learned that the short story from which it was adapted had not been previously published, making it ineligible for the award according to the Academy's rules at that time. [2]
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