Robert Guza Jr.


Robert Guza Jr. is an American television writer and producer, who formerly held the position as head writer on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital.

Personal life

Guza was married to actress and fellow writer Meg Bennett from 2004 until her death in 2024.

Career

During the 2007 WGA strike, Garin Wolf assumed head writing duties through March 17, 2008, at which time Guza's post-strike episodes hit the air waves.

Positions on ''General Hospital''

Script writer
Head writer
  • March 1996 – September 1996: with Karen Harris
  • December 1997 – December 2000: Solo
  • June 13, 2002 – March 10, 2006: with Charles Pratt Jr.
  • March 13, 2006 – January 2007: Solo
  • February 2007 – October 2007: with Meg Bennett
  • October 2007 – January 3, 2008; March 17, 2008 – July 25, 2011

    Other writing credits

  • General Hospital: Night Shift; July 12, 2007 – October 4, 2007 - Head writer
  • Loving - Head writer : 1992
  • Melrose Place - Script Writer: 1992
  • Models Inc. - Script Writer and Story Editor: 1994
  • Port Charles - Storyline Consultant: 1998
  • Santa Barbara - Breakdown Writer: 1988–1991
  • Sunset Beach - Co-Creator and head writer: January 1997 – October 1997
  • Prom Night - co-written with William Gray
  • Curtains
  • ''Melanie''

    Awards and nominations

Guza has been nominated for twenty Daytime Emmy Awards, the first being in 1994. Guza has won three Daytime Emmys for his work as head writer, four Emmys for his role as a consulting producer in GH's wins for Outstanding Drama Series, and one as a breakdown writer for Santa Barbara's win of Outstanding Writing Team. Guza was nominated six times for a Writers Guild of America Award.
As co-writer with Richard Paluck of the 1982 film Melanie, he was named winner of the Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983; however, the award was subsequently rescinded after the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television learned that the short story from which it was adapted had not been previously published, making it ineligible for the award according to the Academy's rules at that time.

Writing history