Ron Carlivati Biography

Ronald David "Ron" Carlivati (born November 25, 1968) is an American soap opera writer, known for his work on the ABC Daytime serials One Life to Live and General Hospital.

Career

It was announced in the February 27, 2007 edition of Soap Opera Digest that Carlivati was promoted to Co-Head Writer of One Life to Live alongside Dena Higley. On June 4, 2007, Frank Valentini announced that Carlivati would be promoted to head writer effective immediately. The first episode with Carlivati as Head Writer aired September 11, 2007.

Due to One Life to Live's cancellation on ABC, and later the show's abandoned transition to online distribution via production company Prospect Park, it was announced on December 1, 2011 that Carlivati would be taking over as headwriter on ABC's one remaining soap, General Hospital effective January 9, 2012. The first episode with Carlivati as head writer aired February 21, 2012.

One Life to Live

In the months that followed Carlivati's promotion to head writer, the show experienced a creative resurgence, receiving great critical acclaim for revitalizing characters, routinely incorporating and honoring the show's long history, and improving dialogue. However, the show's ratings continued to slide, a problem that all daytime soap operas have been experiencing in recent years.

Carlivati's work aired until February 14, 2008, when the WGA strike forced a new headwriter (Gary Tomlin) to take over. Once the WGA strike was settled, Carlivati returned as headwriter, with his post-strike episodes hitting the air waves on May 2, 2008.

On June 20, 2008, Carlivati and his writing team won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for his work on OLTL.

With the end of One Live to Live's television run in January 2012, Carlivati joined the writing team at General Hospital.

General Hospital

Following the end of One Life to Live in January 2012, Carlivati was appointed head writer of General Hospital, and his material began airing towards the end of February. In an effort to bring over fans of One Life to Live, who were now without a soap to call their own, Carlivati brought over Kristen Alderson (Starr Manning), Kassie DePaiva (Blair Cramer), Michael Easton (John McBain), Roger Howarth (Todd Manning) and Florencia Lozano (Tea Delgado) to bring their signature roles to General Hospital. While DePaiva and Lozano only appeared in a guest capacity, the other three became contract cast members.

As well, Carlivati began re-introducing a laundry list of fan favorite veterans to the canvas, including Ian Buchanan (Duke Lavery), Genie Francis (Laura Spencer), Lynn Herring (Lucy Coe), Finola Hughes (Anna Devane), Sean Kanan (A.J. Quartermaine) and Kin Shriner (Scott Baldwin) for extended runs.

Personal life

Carlivati was born in Rochester, New York, and attended McQuaid Jesuit High School. After graduating high school in 1986, Carlivati attended and graduated from George Washington University, earned a law degree, and currently lives in New York City. He is openly gay.

Positions Held

Show	Occupation	Duration
General Hospital	Head Writer	February 21, 2012 to Present
One Life to Live	Head Writer Co-Head Writer Breakdown Writer Script Writer Writer's Assistant	September 11, 2007 to January 13, 2012 May 8, 2007 to September 10th, 2007 2001 to 2007 1998 to 2001 1996 to 1998