Ken 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.
Ken Corday | |
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| Born | Kenneth Robert Corday June 16, 1950 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Cruz San Jose State University |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, music composer |
| Known for | Days of Our Lives |
| Spouse |
Sherry Williams (m. 1987) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Ted Corday Betty Corday |
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.
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]
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. Retrieved October 11, 2020.