Craig Heller is an American television

soap opera A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...

script writer A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. Heller has worked as a scriptwriter on the following series: *''

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Full House ''Full House'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The show is about the recently widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend ...

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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 (NA ...

*Nomination, 1998, Best Writing, ''General Hospital'' *Win, 1999, Best Writing, ''General Hospital'' *Nomination, 2000, Best Writing, ''General Hospital'' *Win, 2002, Best Writing, ''As the World Turns'' *Nomination, 2003, Best Writing, ''As the World Turns'' *Win, 2004, Best Writing, ''As the World Turns'' *Win, 2005, Best Writing, ''As the World Turns''

Writers Guild of America Award The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America West since 1949. Eligibility Th ...

*Win, 1997, Best Writing, ''General Hospital'' *Nomination, 1998, Best Writing, ''General Hospital''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heller, Craig American soap opera writers Year of birth missing (living people) Writers Guild of America Award winners Living people