Victor Gialanella (born October 29, 1949) is an American television soap opera writer. Besides his work in daytime, he wrote the Broadway play Frankenstein in 1981, and served as a story editor for Wavelength in 1997. Gialanella, formerly a member of Writers Guild of America, East, left and maintained financial core status during the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.^[1]

Positions held

Days of Our Lives (hired by James E. Reilly)

• Breakdown Writer (1997 - June 19, 2006; February 9, 2012 – August 16, 2012)
• Script Editor/Writer (July 1, 2008 - October 10, 2008)
• Co-Head Writer (April 23, 2008 - June 30, 2008)
• Script Writer (1995-1996)

General Hospital

• Script Writer (1989)

Guiding Light

• Script Writer: 1986 - 1987

One Life to Live

• Associate Head Writer: July 20, 2006 - December 18, 2007

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Award

• Nomination, 1997-1999, Best Writing, Days of our Lives
• Win, 1986, Best Writing, Guiding Light

Writers Guild of America Award

• Nomination, 2001, Best Writing, Days of our Lives
• Win, 1999, Best Writing, Days of our Lives