Janet Iacobuzio

Janet Iacobuzio (born January 2, 1962) is an American television soap opera 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, Addie Walsh, Lisa Connor, Leah Laiman, and Jean Passanante.^[1]

Positions held

All My Children

Associate head writer: 1993–1994 (hired by Megan McTavish), 2001–2003
Script writer: 2000–2001

Another World

Associate head writer: 1994–1995
Script writer: 1989–1992 (hired by Donna M. Swajeski)

As the World Turns

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

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

Preceded by Richard Culliton (no HW listed before they joined)	*Head Writer of General Hospital* (with Christopher Whitesell)** June 16 – December 5, 1997	Succeeded by Robert Guza Jr.

References

^ Wiseman, Andreas (2020-08-04). "Serialized Fiction App Radish Gets $63M Funding, Opens LA Office & Eyes TV Opportunities". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-05-29.

External links

Janet Iacobuzio at IMDb

[radish-1] Wiseman, Andreas (2020-08-04). "Serialized Fiction App Radish Gets $63M Funding, Opens LA Office & Eyes TV Opportunities". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-05-29.

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