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| name = Michael Skolnik
| nationality = American
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(contracted; show full)film career as Executive Producer of Danny Hoch’s ''Jails, Hospitals and Hip-Hop''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210130/|title=Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop (2000)|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=2013-12-05}}</ref>  While filming a scene for Jails in Cuba, Skolnik was intrigued to return to the island to film a movie about baseball.

Skolnik’s directorial debut was the award-winning ''La Esquina Caliente,''<ref>{{cite news|url=http
s://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/209868/La-Esquina-Caliente/overview |title=La-Esquina-Caliente - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |publisher=NYTimes.com |date= |accessdate=2013-12-05}}</ref> a documentary about the baseball games between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cuban National Team that took place in 1999.  The film premiered on the Sundance Channel.

(contracted; show full)Audience Award at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival.  He was nominated for a Gotham Breakthrough Director Award and an IFP Indie Spirit Award for Best Feature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389235/|title=On the Outs (2004)|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=2013-12-05}}</ref>  ''On the Outs'' played theatrically around the United States and in France, and had a televised broadcast on the Showtime Network.<ref>{{cite news|last=Holden |first=Stephen |url=http
s://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/315423/On-the-Outs/overview |title=On-the-Outs - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |publisher=NYTimes.com |date=2005-07-13 |accessdate=2013-12-05}}</ref>

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Also in that year, Skolnik directed ''[[Without the King]],'' a documentary film about the last ruling monarch in Africa, King Mswati III of Swaziland.  The film premiered at the 2007 Full Frame Film Festival and was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 2007 HotDocs Film Festival.<ref>{{cite news|url=http
s://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/453044/Without-the-King/details |title=Without-the-King - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards |publisher=NYTimes.com |date=2008-04-25 |accessdate=2013-12-05}}</ref>

In 2007, Skolnik signed a development deal with Universal Studios and was working on a film for Imagine, produced by Brian Grazer, about the last four days of President Jean-Betrande Aristide’s time in Haiti.

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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American civil rights activists]]
[[Category:American Jews]]
[[Category:People from Mount Kisco, New York]]
[[Category:People from Katonah, New York]]