Ken Corday
Betty Corday
Kenneth Robert Corday (born June 16, 1950) is an American television soap opera producer and music composer.[1] He is the son of Ted Corday and Betty Corday, the co-creators of Days of Our Lives. His production company, Corday Productions, owns 1% of The Young and the Restless while Sony Pictures Television owns the majority of the serial.
Early life
Corday graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1977 with a master's degree in music composition.[2]
Positions held
- 1977-78: Production assistant
- 1979; Assistant producer and music composer
- 1981: CEO, Corday Productions Inc. (from May 1986 to present: executive producer)
- 1988: Head writer (during the Writers Guild of America strike)
- 2021: Executive producer of the Peacock-exclusive Days of Our Lives spinoff, Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem.[3]
Awards and nominations
Corday has been nominated for 16 Daytime Emmys. Corday won the Daytime Emmy Award for Music Direction and Composition For a Drama Series in 1990 and 1997, and was nominated in the same category in 2006 and 2007.[citation needed]
He was nominated for the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009 and 2012. He won the 2007 Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Television Daytime Drama for his work on the series. In 2017 he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[4]
Personal life
He married Sherry Williams in 1987; the couple has three children.[5]
Executive producing tenure
Preceded by Betty Corday Al Rabin | Executive Producer of Days of Our Lives (with Betty Corday: May 12, 1986 - December 31, 1987) (with Al Rabin: May 12, 1986 - March 6, 1989, December 1989 - April 20, 1992) (with Shelley Curtis: March 7, 1989 - December 1989) (with Tom Langan: April 21, 1992 – March 28, 2002) (with Stephen Wyman: March 29, 2002 – August 29, 2007) (with Edward J. Scott: August 30, 2007 – September 16, 2008) (with Gary Tomlin: September 17, 2008 – September 2, 2011) (with Noel Maxam: September 6, 2011 – January 27, 2012) (with Greg Meng: September 6, 2011 – September 7, 2020) (with Lisa de Cazotte: January 30, 2012 – July 31, 2015) (with Albert Alarr: August 3, 2015 – January 26, 2024) (with Janet Spellman-Drucker: January 29, 2024 – present) May 12, 1986 – present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
References
- ^ Maloney, Michael (May 15, 2017). "'Days of Our Lives' Producer Ken Corday Reflects on Walk of Fame Star". variety.com. Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ Rappaport, Scott. "New UC Presidential Chair to strengthen screenwriting program at UC Santa Cruz". ucsc.edu. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- ^ Baldwin, Joshua (September 7, 2021). "Ken Corday on Doing a Days of Our Lives Spinoff: "It Was The Network's Idea"". daytimeconfidential.com. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ "Upcoming Star Ceremonies - Hollywood Walk of Fame". www.walkoffame.com.
- ^ "Producer Ken Corday, wife Sherry Williams and their kids attend the ceremony honoring Corday with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on May 15, 2017, in Hollywood, California". gettyimagmes.com. Getty Images, Inc. May 15, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
External links
- Ken Corday at IMDb
- Ken Corday at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
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