Lisa de Cazotte

Born Lisa Smith in Westchester, New York, de Cazotte was the daughter of Charles and Beatrice Smith and grew up in Dobbs Ferry, New York.^[1][2] She graduated from Fordham University, later marrying French documentary producer Antoine de Cazotte.^[1][2]

De Cazotte started as an intern at the daytime soap opera One Life to Live in 1983, working her way up to Associate Producer and then Coordinating Producer. She served as a producer on Santa Barbara from 1991 to 1993, coordinating producer on All My Children from 1994 to 1996, and supervising producer on Sunset Beach from 1997 to 1999.^[1][2]

She was an executive producer of Passions for its entire run, from July 5, 1999 to August 7, 2008.^[1][2][3] She next became the executive producer of General Hospital: Night Shift for its second season in 2008.^[1][2][3][4] De Cazotte returned to All My Children as a producer under Julie Hanan Carruthers from 2009 to 2010. She also served as co-executive producer of Days of Our Lives from January 30, 2012 to July 31, 2015. On December 19, 2017, she joined The Young and the Restless as a supervising producer.^[1][2]

• One Life to Live: Associate Producer (1987–1989)
• One Life to Live: Coordinating Producer (1989–1991)
• Santa Barbara: Producer (1991–January 15, 1993)
• All My Children: Coordinating Producer (1994–1996)
• Sunset Beach: Supervising Producer (1997–1999)
• Passions: Executive Producer (July 5, 1999 – August 7, 2008)^[3]
• General Hospital: Night Shift: Executive Producer (Season two, July 22, 2008 – October 21, 2008)^[3][4]
• All My Children: Producer (February 2, 2009–January 2010)
• Days of Our Lives: Co-Executive Producer (January 30, 2012 – July 31, 2015)
• The Young and the Restless: Supervising Producer (December 19, 2017 – September 21, 2018; February 20, 2019 – 2019)