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Richard J. Allen (born November 13, 1959,New York, New York) is an American televisionsoap opera writer and playwright. His plays includeThe Man Who Killed Rock Monnenoff,Seducing Sally, andStarbright & Vine.

Allen, who isJewish, is professor and former chair of the department of Film, Television and Digital Media atTexas Christian University in Fort Worth.^[1]

Another World

• Script Writer: 1997 - 1999

As the World Turns

• Script Writer: 1999 - 2001

Days of Our Lives

• Co-Head Writer: 1990 - 1991, 1992
• Breakdown Writer: 1986 - 1989
• Occasional Script Writer: March 2003 - June 2003

General Hospital

• Script Writer: 1992 - 1993

One Life to Live (hired byMichael Malone)

• Script Writer: 1993 - 1995

Daytime Emmy Award

• Win, 2002, Best Writing,As the World Turns
• Win, 2001, Best Writing,As the World Turns
• Nomination, 1987, Best Writing,Days of our Lives

Writers Guild of America Award

• Nomination, 1997, Best Writing,Another World
• Nomination, 1991, Best Writing,Days of our Lives
• Nomination, 1987, Best Writing,Days of our Lives

• Richard J. Allen atIMDb

• American soap opera writers
• American male television writers
• Jewish American screenwriters
• 1959 births
• Living people
• 21st-century American Jews

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