Lisa Connor Explained

Lisa Connor is an American soap opera writer, producer, and director. She is a writer on the ABC Daytime and The Online Network serial drama All My Children.

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 soap writers recruited included Janet Iacobuzio, Addie Walsh, Leah Laiman, and Jean Passanante.^[1]

Positions held

All My Children

• Co-Head Writer: May 29, 2013 - September 2013 (hired by Prospect Park)^[2]
• Script Editor: Jan 29, 2013 - September 2013 (hired by Ginger Smith)
• Script Writer: May 3, 2010 - December 2010 (hired by Lorraine Broderick)
• Breakdown Writer: April 2002 - January 5, 2005; January 6, 2011 - September 23, 2011 (hired by Richard Culliton)
• Supervising Producer: 1999 - March 2002 (hired by Jean Dadario Burke)

As the World Turns

• Script Writer: June 30, 2008 - December 2008
• Breakdown Writer: 1997 - 1999; March 3, 2005 - January 24, 2008; April 18, 2008 - June 27, 2008

Days of Our Lives

• Breakdown Writer: May 22, 2012 - August 13, 2012
• Script Writer: September 26, 2016 – present

General Hospital

• Occasional Script Writer: October 20, 2011; December 6, 2011; December 8, 2011
• Occasional Breakdown Writer: January 6, 2012

Guiding Light

• Script Writer: 1994
• Associate Director: 1992 - 1994
• Production Coordinator: 1980s

One Life to Live (hired by Michael Malone)

• Script Writer: 1995 - 1996

The Young and the Restless (hired by Maria Arena Bell and Hogan Sheffer)

• Script Writer (April 30, 2009 - March 25, 2010)
• Breakdown Writer (March 30, 2009 - August 4, 2009)

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

Nominations

• 2003–2004, 2006: Best Writing, As The World Turns
• 2001 & 2002: Best Drama Series, All My Children^[3]
• 2000: Best Writing, As The World Turns
• 1996: Best Writing, One Life To Live
• 1993: Best Directing;, Guiding Light

Wins

• 1994: Best Directing, Guiding Light

Writers Guild of America Award

Nominations

• 1997, 1998, 2005 & 2006 seasons: As The World Turns

Wins

• 2003 season: All My Children

References

1. Web site: Wiseman. Andreas. 2020-08-04. Serialized Fiction App Radish Gets $63M Funding, Opens LA Office & Eyes TV Opportunities. 2021-05-29. Deadline. en-US.
2. Web site: TOLN Announces New Headwriters for 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live'. Mandy Treccia. 2013-05-24. TV Source Magazine. en-US. 2019-11-12.
3. Web site: Daytime Emmy noms announced. Offman. Craig. 2002-03-13. Variety. en. 2019-11-12.