Diana Wenman

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Diana Wenman is an American television director and editor.

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Awards and nominations

Wenman has been nominated for three Daytime Emmy awards in the category Outstanding Achievement in Technical Excellence for a Daytime Drama Series, for her work on All My Children . She was nominated in 1980, 1981, and 1982, and won all three awards. Her first win was shared with Joseph Solomito, Howard Zweig, Lawrence Hammond, Robert Ambrico, Diane Cates-Cantrell, Christopher Mauro, Larry Strack, Vincent Senatore, Albin S. Lemanski, Len Walas, Jean Dadario-Burke, Roger Haenelt, John Grella, Irving Robbin, James Reichert, and Teri Smith.

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