Chip Hayes (born December 15, 1956) is an American soap opera writer, producer, and director.

Personal life edit

He is married to actress Deborah Adair, with whom he has two adopted children.[citation needed]

He is the son of actress Nancy Gates and entertainment lawyer J. William Hayes.

Positions held edit

All My Children (hired by Megan McTavish and later rehired by Ginger Smith)

  • Head writer: Fall 2013 (with Lisa Connor as co-head writer) [1]
  • Script writer (March 25, 2008 - February 12, 2010; December 29, 2010 - September 23, 2011; April 29, 2013 – present)
  • Associate head writer (January 7, 2004 - January 14, 2008; February 17, 2010 - January 5, 2011)

General Hospital (hired by Anne Howard Bailey)

  • Breakdown Writer: 1985 - 1990

Melrose Place (hired by Darren Star)

The Young and the Restless (hired by William J. Bell)

  • Breakdown writer: 1983 - 1985

Awards and nominations edit

Nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2004 and 2012.[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ "New Writers At AMC & OLTL!". Soap Opera Digest. American Media, Inc. May 24, 2012. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  2. ^ "The 31st Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). May 4, 2004. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "The 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations". May 9, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2014.

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