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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.[1] She is a director, producer and actress.

Daytime Emmy Awards

WINS

NOMINATIONS

Writers Guild of America Award

WINS

NOMINATIONS

Positions held

All My Children

Another World

The Bold and the Beautiful (hired by Bradley Bell)

Guiding Light

Port Charles

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 byEllen WestonCarolyn Culliton Co-Head writer of Guiding Light(with Ellen Weston: September 15, 2003–July 5, 2004)(with David Kreizman: July 6, 2004–February 29, 2008) September 15, 2003 - February 29, 2008 Succeeded byWGA Strike) Preceded byWGA Strike Co-Head writer of Guiding Light(with David Kreizman) April 14, 2008 - August 21, 2008 Succeeded byDavid KreizmanChristopher DunnLloyd GoldJill Lorie Hurst Preceded byLorraine Broderick (interim) Co-Head writer of All My Children May 12, 2010 – June 24, 2011 With: David Kreizman Succeeded byLorraine Broderick

Personal life

Swajeski lives in Arden, Delaware with her husband, radio talk show host Mike Opelka.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Jessee, Karen (2018-02-14). "Meet the Grand Dame of Delaware Avenue". Delaware Today. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "57th Annual Writers Guild Awards Top TV & Film Scribes Selected". Television Academy. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  4. ^ "Kreizman, Swajeski named co-head writers". soapcentral.com. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  5. ^ "All My Children: New Head Writers – David Kreizman and Donna Swajeski!". Soaps.com. 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2020-04-25.

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