American television writer
Scott Hamner (born May11, 1956[1]), is an American television writer. He is the son of Earl Hamner Jr., who turned his autobiography into The Waltons.
Positions held
- The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (Actor, television movie: 1971)
- Berrenger's (Writer, 2 episodes: 1985)
- Boone (Writer, 2 episodes: 1983–84)
- Dynasty (Story and/or writer and/or teleplay and/or story editor: Season 6, 1985–86)
- Falcon Crest (Writer, 4 episodes: 1982–86)
- Knots Landing (Writer, 7 episodes: 1982–91. Story editor, 8 episodes: 1991)
- The Waltons (Writer, 3 episodes: 1981)
- Second Chances (Executive Story Editor, entire series: 1993–94)
- As the World Turns (Writer, Script Writer, 6 episodes: 1995)
- Port Charles (Writer, Associate Head Writer, Head Writer: 1997–2000)
- The Young and the Restless (Story and/or writer, Co-Head writer: 2006–12)
Awards and nominations
Hamner, as part of the writing teams that he has worked with, has been nominated six times (As the World Turns: 1996, The Young and the Restless: 2007–08 and 2010–12) for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category Drama Series Writing Team, winning the Emmy in 2011.
Hamner and his writing colleagues were also nominated five times (The Young and the Restless: 2007–08, 2010 and 2012–13) for a Writers Guild of America Award in the category Daytime Serials, winning the award in 2008, 2010 and 2013.[2]
References
- ^ George Brosi. "A Journey That Continues to Enoble". Appalachian Heritage (Spring, 2007). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "'Y&R' Wins 2013 Writers Guild Award". soapoperanetwork.com. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
External links
- Scott Hamner at IMDb
- CBS Daytime: Y&R
- Hamner 2006 Interview
