Garin Wolf is an American television writer and

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just Readin ...

. Wolf, formerly a member of

Writers Guild of America West The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) is a labor union representing film, television, radio, and new media writers. It was formed in 1954 from five organizations representing writers, including the Screen Writers Guild. It has around 20,000 me ...

, left and maintained financial core status during the

2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike From November 5, 2007, to February 12, 2008, all 12,000 film and television screenwriters of the American labor union Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), and West (WGAW) went on strike. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike primarily so ...

Career

Television

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'' *Associate head writer: 1985 - 1988 (hired by

Douglas Marland Douglas Marland (born Marland Messner; May 5, 1934 – March 6, 1993) was an American writer, known for his work as the head writer of several soap operas. Career Marland began his career as an actor, appearing on the Irna Phillips series ''The B ...

), 1993–1995, 1995–1996 * Co-head writer: 1995 (with Juliet Law Packer and

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) '' Batman: The Animated Series'' *Writer: 1992 ''

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'' *Script writer: April 8, 2008 - July 2011 *Associate head writer: 1997 - January 3, 2008, March 17, 2008 – July 25, 2011 *Breakdown writer: 1997–July 22, 2011; February 21, 2012-August 2012 (hired by Karen Harris) *Head writer: January 4, 2008 - March 14, 2008; July 26, 2011 – February 20, 201

*

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: January 4, 2008 - March 14, 2008 (replaced

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) '' General Hospital: Night Shift'' (hired by Robert Guza Jr.) * Script writer July 12, 2007 - October 4, 2007 ''

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'' *Writer (with

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)

Plays

*''There Used to Be Fireflies'' (

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/ Off Off Broadway)

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 ...

s *NOMINATIONS: (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008; Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team; ''General Hospital''); (1986, 1989, 1996; Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team; ''As The World Turns'') *WINS: (1999, 2003, 2009; Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team; ''General Hospital'') *His first nomination was shared with

, Susan Bedsow Horgan, Jeannie Glynn, Patti Dizenzo, M.B. Hatch, Caroline Franz, Chris Auer, Meredith Post, Jane Willis, Steve Wasserman, Emily Squires,

Courtney Sherman Courtney Simon (born June 23, 1946) is an American writer and actress. Simon is sometimes credited as Courtney Sherman or Courtney Sherman Simon. Simon is best known for having created the role of Kathy Phillips on the long-running soap opera '' ...

, Charles Dizenzo, Jessica Klein

Writers Guild of America The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the name of two American labor unions representing writers in film, television, radio, and online media: * The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) is headquartered in New York City and is affiliated wit ...

Award *NOMINATION: (1998 season; ''General Hospital'') *WIN: (1997 season; ''General Hospital'')

References

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