Frank Valentini

Frank Valentini
Profile
Born	November 14, 1962
Age	62
General Hospital
Position	Executive Producer
Duration	2012-Present
What If...
Position	Director
Duration	2010

Frank Valentini is a producer, who serves as the current Executive Producer for the ABC soap opera General Hospital.

Biography

From 1986 to 1992, Frank Valentini served as stage manager of One Life to Live. In 1992, he was promoted to associate producer, assuming full producer duties in 1995. In 2003, he became executive producer, replacing Gary Tomlin. Under his direction as executive producer and director from 2002 until the show's end on January 13, 2012, Valentini led One Life to Live to its first Emmy win for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team since 1983 as well as the show's first win for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team since 1994. Valentini's reputation for attracting talent both from the acting community and the music world has garnered critical praise from both industry and mainstream press. Additionally, Valentini is a director and composer. In 2010, he directed What If..., a 10-part series of short webisodes that aired on ABC.com and SoapNet.com.

"GH" Career

In 2012, following the cancellation of One Life to Live, Valentini was brought over to General Hospital replacing Jill Farren Phelps. His first episode as EP aired February 1, 2012. In the wake of the other cancelled ABC soaps, and the low ratings of General Hospital itself, there was speculation that the new regime was an attempt by the network to save General Hospital from the same fate, some comparing it to the hiring of Gloria Monty in 1978. This shift in staff happened during significant storylines, with Valentini bringing in several cast and crew members from One Life to Live, some replacing long-time General Hospital writers.

A few months after being executive producer Valentini gave insight to his decisions:

...not rebuilding, but maybe remodeling. Being an outsider, I think it's sometimes easier to come in and see what maybe you are not used to seeing when you are there. I think the show was in terrific shape, but there needed to be some tweaks. And I think it's much more my taste, my sensibility, for the show to go just a little bit faster, but I thought there were some key characters missing, not in terms of who they were, but certain archetypes that were really important to bring on the show.

Executive producer history

Predecessor	General Hospital	Successor
Jill Farren Phelps (2001-2012)	Frank Valentini (2012-present)	incumbent

See also

• Characters introduced by Frank Valentini

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