Frank Valentini is the Executive Producer for the ABC soap opera General Hospital. He previously held the position of Executive Producer, Director, and Composer for the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. From 1986-1992 he worked as stage manager. In 1992 he was promoted to Associate Producer assuming full producer duties in 1995. In 2002 he became Executive Producer, replacing Gary Tomlin.
Under his direction as Executive Producer and Director, 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. He was able to secure guest appearances from Nelly Furtado, Timbaland, Mary J. Blige, the Pussycat Dolls and others.
In 2010 Valentini directed a 10-part series of webisodes for ABC's What If... campaign, containing a mash-up of General Hospital, One Life to Live, and All My Children characters.
Read more about Frank Valentini: Awards and Nominations
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“Lizzie Borden took an axe
And gave her mother forty whacks;
When she saw what she had done,
She gave her father forty-one.”
—Anonymous. Late 19th century ballad.
The quatrain refers to the famous case of Lizzie Borden, tried for the murder of her father and stepmother on Aug. 4, 1892, in Fall River, Massachusetts. Though she was found innocent, there were many who contested the verdict, occasioning a prodigious output of articles and books, including, most recently, Frank Spiering’s Lizzie (1985)