Michele Val Jean

Michele Val Jean (b. 1950s) is an American television writer on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital. Val Jean made television history when in 2000 she was promoted, alongside Elizabeth Korte, to the post of Head Writer; making her the first African American in the history of daytime television serials to hold the post.

Val Jean wrote the critically acclaimed 1998 re-visitation of Luke Spencer's rape of Laura Spencer, the rape of Elizabeth Webber, Luke and Laura Spencer's 2006 wedding.

Positions held

General Hospital

• Occasional Breakdown Writer: February 2007 - December 26, 2007
• Co-Head Writer: January 2001 - April 2001
• Breakdown Writer: 1996 - 2000
• Occasional Script Writer: 1996 - 2000
• Script Writer: 1993 - 1996, 2002 - December 21, 2007, April 7, 2008–present
• Script Editor: 1993 - 1995

Generations (hired by Sally Sussman Morina)

• Script Writer: 1989 - 1990

Port Charles

• Occasional Script Writer: 1997 - 1998

Santa Barbara

• Breakdown Writer: 1992 - 1993
• Script Writer: 1991
• Script Editor: 1992 - 1993

Jake and the Fatman

Awards and nominations

Val Jean has been nominated for several Daytime Emmy Awards.

Writers Guild Of America Award

• 1993–1998 seasons, 6 nominations for General Hospital
• 1991 and 1992 seasons, 2 nominations for Santa Barbara

TV Guide

• Best Daytime Soap Writer (2004, 2006 & 2007)

External links

• ABC Daytime: General Hospital
• Michele Val Jean at IMDB
• SoapCentral
• NewYorkTimes
• ThomRacina
• AlternativeFilmGuide: 2008 WGA Awards

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