Alan Pultz

Born in New York, he attended the University of North Carolina. He was also in the U.S. Navy and achieved the rank of lieutenant.[1] While in the navy, he was part of the team that recovered Alan Shepard who was the first astronaut in space.[2]

Early in his career he was a theater manager, and progressed to production assistant and associate director. Some of the programs he worked on were The Jimmy Dean Show and Who Do You Trust?. As a director, his early work included A Time for Us and One Life to Live.[3] Working with producer, Gloria Monty he directed episodes of ABC Daytime's General Hospital for twenty two years.[4][5] Other directorial works include Return To Peyton Place and The Best of Everything.[6] He worked on Dark Shadows as an associate director,[7]

In 1967, he worked on Dark Shadows as an assistant director. The three episodes he worked on aired from April to August.[8] In 1993, both Pultz and William Ludel received the Daytime Drama award for their work on General Hospital.[9]

Pultz died in his sleep on October 25, 2001, at his home in Encino, California. He was buried in Lebanon, Connecticut. He was survived by Doris, his wife and a brother and sister.[10]

• Pultz was nominated for 8 Daytime Emmy Awards (his first nomination was shared with Marlene Laird/Marlene Laird and Phil Sogard) and won 3 times.
• He won a Directors Guild of America Award in 1996 for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Serials - Daytime.

• Alan Pultz at IMDb