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Donna Swajeski is an American writer known for her work on television soap operas. She has been a head writer, a co-head writer and a breakdown writer on award-winning daytime dramas for NBC Daytime, ABC Daytime and CBS Daytime. Before beginning her writing career on daytime dramas, she was Director of the East Coast Daytime Programs for NBC.
Awards and nominations
As co-head writer for Guiding Light, Swajeski and her team won the 2007 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing. The show was also recognized as the 2007 Daytime Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama Series. She is also a winner of a Writers Guild of America Award for best Daytime writing, also for Guiding Light. She is currently working with children at the Delaware Children's Theater. She is a director, producer and actress.
WINS
- (2007; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
NOMINATIONS
- (1989; Best Writing; Another World)
- (1999, 2005 & 2008; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
- (2012; Best Writing; All My Children)
Writers Guild of America Award
WINS
- (2005 season; Guiding Light)
NOMINATIONS
- (1999 & 2007 seasons; Guiding Light)
- (2012 season; All My Children)
Positions held
- Program Executive: 1980s
- Co-Head Writer (with David Kreizman): March 15, 2010 – April 1, 2011
- Head writer: November 1988 - November 1992
The Bold and the Beautiful (hired by Bradley Bell)
- Script writer: September 24, 2009 - March 2010
- Associate head writer: 1999 - 2001, March 2004 - 2009
- Co-head writer: September 2003 - March 2004, 2005 - February 29, 2008, April 14, 2008 - August 21, 2008
- Screenwriter: 2001 - 2003
HW History
| Preceded bySheri Anderson | De facto head writer of Another World during Writers Guild of America strike April 1988 - September 1988 |
Succeeded byHarding Lemay |
| Preceded byHarding Lemay | Head writer of Another World November 1988 - November 1992 |
Succeeded byPeggy Sloane |
| Preceded byDavid Kreizman | Co-Head writer of Guiding Light with David Kreizman September 2003 - August 21, 2008 |
Succeeded by(Series off-the-air) |
| Preceded byLorraine Broderick (interim) | Co-Head writer of All My Children with David Kreizman May 12, 2010 – June 24, 2011 |
Succeeded byLorraine Broderick |
Personal life
Swajeski lives in the utopian village of Arden, Delaware with her husband Mike Opelka.
References
- "Meet the Grand Dame of Delaware Avenue". Delaware Today. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
- "34TH ANNUAL DAYTIME ENTERTAINMENT EMMY AWARDS PRESENTED IN A STAR-STUDDED TELECAST ON CBS | The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". Retrieved 2020-04-25.
- "57th Annual Writers Guild Awards Top TV & Film Scribes Selected". Television Academy. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
- "Kreizman, Swajeski named co-head writers". soapcentral.com. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
- "All My Children: New Head Writers – David Kreizman and Donna Swajeski!". Soaps.com. 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
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