Robert Guza Jr.
# Robert Guza Jr.

Robert Guza Jr. (born 1951) is an American television writer and producer, who formerly held the position as head writer on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital.

## Personal life

Guza has been married to actress and fellow writer Meg Bennett since the late 1980s.

## Career

During the 2007 WGA strike, Garin Wolf assumed head writing duties through March 17, 2008, at which time Guza's post-strike episodes hit the air waves.

## Positions on General Hospital

Script Writer (hired by Anne Howard Bailey; 1982–1987)

Head writer

* March 1996 – September 1996: with Karen Harris
* December 1997 – December 2000: Solo
* June 13, 2002 – March 10, 2006: with Charles Pratt Jr. (re-hired by Angela Shapiro)
* March 13, 2006 – January 2007: Solo
* February 2007 – October 2007: with Meg Bennett
* October 2007 – January 3, 2008; March 17, 2008 – July 25, 2011

## Other writing credits

* General Hospital: Night Shift; July 12, 2007 – October 4, 2007 - Head writer (with Elizabeth Korte)
* Loving - Head writer (with Millee Taggart): 1992
* Melrose Place - Script Writer: 1992 (hired by Darren Star)
* Models Inc. - Script Writer and Story Editor: 1994
* Port Charles - Storyline Consultant: 1998
* Santa Barbara - Breakdown Writer: 1988–1991
* Sunset Beach - Co-Creator (with Charles Pratt Jr. & Josh Griffith) and head writer: January 1997 – October 1997
* Prom Night - co-written with William Gray
* Curtains
* Melanie

## Awards and nominations

Guza has been nominated for twenty Daytime Emmy Awards, the first being in 1994. Guza has won three Daytime Emmys for his work as head writer (all for General Hospital), four Emmys for his role as a consulting producer in GH's wins for Outstanding Drama Series, and one as a breakdown writer for Santa Barbara's win of Outstanding Writing Team. Guza was nominated six times for a Writers Guild of America Award (winning once).

As co-writer with Richard Paluck of the 1982 film Melanie, he was named winner of the Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983; however, the award was subsequently rescinded after the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television learned that the short story from which it was adapted had not been previously published, making it ineligible for the award according to the Academy's rules at that time.

## Writing history

| Preceded byAddie Walsh | Head writer of Loving (with Millee Taggart) 1992–1993 | Succeeded byAgnes Nixon |
| - | - | - |
| Preceded byClaire Labine and Matthew Labine | Head writer of General Hospital (with Karen Harris) March 4, 1996 – August 1996 | Succeeded byRichard Culliton (with K. Harris) |
| Preceded bynone | Head writer of Sunset Beach January 16, 1997 – October 21, 1997 | Succeeded byMeg Bennett |
| Preceded byJanet Iacobuzio Christopher Whitesell | Head writer of General Hospital December 8, 1997 – February 2, 2001 | Succeeded byMichele Val Jean |
| Preceded byMegan McTavish | Head writer of General Hospital (with Charles Pratt Jr.: June 13, 2002 – March 10, 2006) June 13, 2002 – January 3, 2008 | Succeeded byGarin Wolf |
| Preceded byNone | Head writer of General Hospital: Night Shift (with Elizabeth Korte) July 12, 2007 – October 4, 2007 | Succeeded bySri Rao |
| Preceded byGarin Wolf | Head writer of General Hospital March 17, 2008 – July 25, 2011 | Succeeded byGarin Wolf Shelly Altman |
