Janet Iacobuzio (born January 2, 1962) is an American television

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writer.

Life

She was born in 1962. In 2020 she was one of the recruits for a fiction app named "Radish" which had $63m of funding and it was opening an office in LA. The experienced soap writers recruited included Iacobuzion,

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, and

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Positions held

'' All My Children'' * Associate head writer: 1993–1994 (hired by

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), 2001–2003 * Script writer: 2000–2001 '' Another World'' * Associate head writer: 1994–1995 * Script writer: 1989–1992 (hired by Donna M. Swajeski) ''

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'' * Associate head writer: 1996; June 9, 2010 – September 17, 2010 * Script writer: October 5, 2009 – June 8, 2010 '' Days of Our Lives'' * Script writer: March 21, 2011 – February 15, 2012; August 17, 2012 – August 5, 2015 '' General Hospital'' * Breakdown writer: January 17, 2012 – February 21, 2012, December 4, 2015 – July 12, 2016 * Co-head writer: May 1997 – December 5, 1997 * Associate head writer: 1997, 1998 *Script Writer: July 12, 2016 – December 1, 2016 '' One Life to Live'' * Script editor: May 15–25, 2009 * Associate head writer: February 24, 2005 – February 22, 2008; May 2, 2008 – August 17, 2009; September 16–17, 2009 '' Sunset Beach'' * Script writer: 1998–1999

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 ...

* Win, 2012, Best Writing, ''Days of Our Lives'' * Win, 2008, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live'' * Nomination, 2006, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live'' * Nomination, 2001–2004, Best Writing, ''All My Children'' * Nomination, 1997 & 1998, Best Writing, ''General Hospital'' * Nomination, 1996, Best Writing, ''Another World'' Writers Guild of America Award * Nomination, 2009, Best Writing, "One Life to Live" * Nomination, 2005, Best Writing, ''One Life to Live'' * Win, 2000, 2001, 2003, Best Writing, ''All My Children'' * Nomination, 1998, Best Writing, ''General Hospital'' * Win, 1997, Best Writing, ''General Hospital'' * Nomination, 1994 & 1995, Best Writing, ''Another World'' * Nomination, 1993, Best Writing, ''All My Children''

Head writer tenures

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iacobuzio, Janet Iacobuzio, Janet 1962 births Living people American women television writers Writers Guild of America Award winners Women soap opera writers 21st-century American women