Richard Culliton
Richard Culliton is an American television writer known for his work on
Early career
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Culliton began his television career in the early 1980s writing for NBC Daytime's Texas, and then serving as co-head writer for CBS Daytime's Guiding Light from 1983–1984.
After this, he served as
Culliton then joined the writing staff of
Mid to late 1990s
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He served as head writer of As the World Turns in 1995, and received a Daytime Emmy nomination. A major storyline of his at that show was a medical malpractice storyline wherein Lisa Grimaldi blamed Dr. John Dixon for her husband Eduardo Grimaldi's death. The storyline received considerable critical acclaim.
He moved on as head writer of General Hospital from September 1996 to May 1997. He received a Daytime Emmy nomination for his time on GH. At the behest of ABC Daytime, he created the General Hospital spin-off Port Charles along with his wife Carolyn, and served as head writer with her for the first few months of the show's run.
Culliton returned to Another World as head writer from December 1997 to May 1998. From May 1998 to July 1998, he served as co-head writer with Jean Passanante on AW. This was a period of turmoil for the show, with the NBC network demanding significant cast firings. However, Culliton still successfully returned longtime character Cass Winthrop to the frontburner, and brought back the character Marley Love. Culliton stayed with the show as a breakdown writer until its cancellation in June 1999.
Culliton then joined the writing staff of Sunset Beach. After taking a short break, he briefly joined the writing team of Days of Our Lives as a script writer.
2000 and beyond
In September 2001, Culliton returned to All My Children, replacing
In 2006, Culliton rejoined the writing staff of
Writers Guild awards
Culliton won the
He was also nominated for this award in 1989 as part of the writing staff of Guiding Light the previous year, in 1994 as part of the writing staff of All My Children the previous year, and in 2002 as part of the writing staff of Days of Our Lives the previous year.
Acting
Culliton played a salesman in a Chicago-area theater production of Glengarry Glen Ross in 2009.[3]
Positions held
- Head writer: September 6, 2001 – December 10, 2002
- Breakdown Writer: 1991–1993 (hired by Wisner Washam)
- Head writer: March 1984 – June 1984, December 1997 – May 1998
- co-head writer: July 1984 – January 1985, May 1998 – July 1998
- Breakdown Writer: 1985, July 1998 – June 25, 1999
- Script Writer: 1986
- Script Writer: August 11, 2006 – January 24, 2008, April 18, 2008 – July 22, 2008
- Head writer: Winter 1995–1996
- Script Writer: 2001, October 2008 – March 2018, 2019–November 2, 2023
- Writer: Summer 1996
- Head writer: October 1996 – May 1997
- Script Writer: 1987–1990
- co-head writer: 1983–1984
- head writer: June 1, 1997 – December 1997
- Script Editor: 1990–1991
- Script Writer: 1990–1991
- Writer: 1986
Sunset Beach (hired by Meg Bennett)
- Script Writer: 1999
- Script Writer: 1980-1982
Awards and nominations
WINS
- (1990; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
- (1991; Best Writing; Santa Barbara)
- (2012; Best Writing; Days of Our Lives)
NOMINATIONS
- (1985; Best Writing; Another World)
- (1989; Best Writing; Guiding Light)
- (1992, 1993, 2002 & 2003; Best Writing; All My Children)
- (1996; Best Writing; As the World Turns)
- (1998; Best Writing; General Hospital)
- (2011 & 2014; Best Writing; Days of Our Lives)
WINS
- (1992 season; Santa Barbara)
- (1998 season; General Hospital)
- (2007 & 2009 seasons; As the World Turns)
- (2014 season; Days of Our Lives)
NOMINATIONS
- (1989 season; Guiding Light)
- (1994 season; All My Children)
- (2002, 2013 & 2015 seasons; Days of Our Lives)
- (2008 season; As the World Turns)
HW history
References
- Soapcentral. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
- ^ "Culliton Out As AMC's head writer". Soapcentral. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
- ^ "Chit-Chat with R. Aaron Thomann". otg.mysuburbanlife.com. Retrieved 2009-11-15.[permanent dead link]