Chip Hayes (born December 15, 1956) is an American
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
writer, producer, and director.
Personal life
He is married to actress
Deborah Adair
Deborah Adair (born Deborah Adair Miller) is an American television actress, primarily known for her roles in soap operas.
Early life
Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Adair attended the University of Washington, where she earned a degree in adv ...
, with whom he has two adopted children.
He is the son of
Nancy Gates
Nancy Gates (February 1, 1926Katz, Ephraim (1979). ''The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume''. Perigee Books. .P. 471. – March 24, 2019) was an American film and television actress.
Early ...
and William Hayes.
Positions held
''
All My Children
''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...
'' (hired by
Megan McTavish
Megan McTavish (born April 2, 1949, Elgin, Illinois) is United States, American television actress and soap opera writer. McTavish is best known for several head writing stints on ''All My Children''.
Early career
Before becoming a writer, McTav ...
and later rehired by
Ginger Smith)
*
Head writer
A head writer is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the soap opera genre, as well as with sketch comedies and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits. In fictional comedy o ...
: Fall 2013 (with
Lisa Connor Lisa Connor is an American soap opera writer, producer, and director. She is a writer on the ABC Daytime and The Online Network serial drama ''All My Children''.
In 2020 she was one of the recruits for a fiction app named "Radish" which had $63m of ...
as co-head writer)
* Script writer (March 25, 2008 - February 12, 2010; December 29, 2010 - September 23, 2011; April 29, 2013 – present)
* Associate head writer (January 7, 2004 - January 14, 2008; February 17, 2010 - January 5, 2011)
''
General Hospital
''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the list of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running American soap opera in pro ...
'' (hired by
Anne Howard Bailey
Anne Howard Bailey (July 26, 1924 – November 23, 2006) was an American writer known particularly for her work as a screenwriter and opera librettist.
Life and career
Born and raised in Memphis, Bailey attended Rhodes College, where she gr ...
)
* Breakdown Writer: 1985 - 1990
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Melrose Place
''Melrose Place'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on Fox from July 8, 1992, to May 24, 1999, for seven seasons. The show follows the lives of a group of young adults living in an apartment complex on Melrose Place, in ...
'' (hired by
Darren Star
Darren Star (born July 25, 1961) is an American writer, director and producer of film and television. He is best known for creating the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–2000), ''Melrose Place'' (1992–1999), ''Sex and the City' ...
)
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Producer
Producer or producers may refer to:
Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
: 1992-1998
*
Director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''Di ...
: 1992-1998
* Script writer: 1994-1998
''
The Young and the Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wi ...
'' (hired by
William J. Bell
William Joseph Bell (March 6, 1927 – April 29, 2005) was an American screenwriter and television producer, best known as the creator of the soap operas '' Another World'', ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful''.
Ea ...
)
* Breakdown writer: 1983 - 1985
Awards and nominations
Nominated for a
Daytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ...
in 2004 and 2012.
References
External links
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Soap opera producers
American male television writers
Place of birth missing (living people)
American soap opera writers
American television producers
1956 births
Living people