James Angelo Baffico (born January 1, 1942) is an American television

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, producer and occasional

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. Born in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

, has a Ph.D. from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, an M.A. and B.A. from the

University of Nebraska A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...

. He is known for his role as "Bosko" in the 1983 Tom Cruise vehicle film '' All the Right Moves'' and as "Wooley" in George A. Romero's '' Dawn of the Dead''. Baffico has produced films and written screenplays for

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, Vista, and Paramount Pictures. He has been variously credited as ''Jim Baffico'', ''James Baffico'', and ''James A. Baffico''.

Filmography

Positions held

'' All My Children'' * Occasional Director (2004, 2005) * Director (1993-1998; 2000-2004) '' The Doctors'' * executive producer (1981-1982) '' Another World'' * Producer/Director (1981-1985) ''

As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other s ...

'' * Director (1998-1999) '' Days of Our Lives'' * Director (1989; 2006- August 16, 2007) * Occasional Director (2004, 2005, 2006) * Occasional Script Writer (2003)

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ...

: 8 * Win: 1995 & 2003, Directing, ''All My Children'' * Nomination: 1995-1999, 2001-2003, Directing, ''All My Children''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baffico, James A. 1942 births University of Michigan alumni University of Nebraska alumni American soap opera writers American television directors American television producers American male television writers Living people Soap opera producers American soap opera directors