Michael Conforti

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Michael Conforti
BornSeptember 13, 1955
OccupationBreakdown writer, The Young and the Restless
SpouseNirmal K Conforti
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Michael Conforti

Michael Conforti is an American television writer on the soap opera The Young and the Restless . He played Jeremy Rhodes on Edge of Night , and Wally Bacon on Guiding Light . Conforti later became a writer for the soap opera Guiding Light . He became a co-head writer for All My Children and Guiding Light . Conforti is currently a breakdown writer for the television show The Young and the Restless. Conforti, formerly a member of Writers Guild of America, East, left and maintained financial core status during the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. [1]

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Positions held

All My Children (hired by Angela Shapiro)

General Hospital (hired by Megan McTavish)

General Hospital: Night Shift

Guiding Light

The Young and the Restless (hired by Josh Griffith)

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

Wins

Nominations

Writers Guild of America Award

Wins

Nominations

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