Melissa Skirboll
Director/Writer/Actor/Producer
Melissa Skirboll
Director/Writer/Actor/Producer
LifeDream Productions: Bringing dreams to life.
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Melissa is a filmmaker living and working in NYC.
Filmography
105 Awards & Selections
Winner: Best Performances
Blood is Thicker
FEEDBACK Female Film Festival
Toronto
2025
Winner Best Medium Short, Nominated Best DIrector (Skirboll), Nominated Best Actress (Bartel)
Blood is Thicker
Brightside Short FIlm Festival
Jersey City, NJ
2025
Quarterfinalist
7 Years After (Pilot)
Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
New York City
2025
Finalist
Blood is Thicker
Las Vegas International Film and Screenwriting Festival
Las Vegas
2024
Best Actress Jeanine Bartel, Award of Merit Best Short Drama
Blood is Thicker
Southern Shorts Film Awards
Roswell, GA
2024
Director's Choice - Best Short Film
Blood is Thicker
San Antonio Film Fetival
San Antonio, TX
2024
WINNER: Jeanine Bartel - Best Supporting Performance in a Short;Nominated Best US Short, Best Drama Short, and Filmmaker of the Year: MELISSA SKIRBOLL
Blood is Thicker
Panther City Film Festival
Fort Worth, TX
2024
Winner: Best Actress in a Short (Melissa Skirboll); Nominee: Best Short Film, Nominee: Best Actress in a Short Film (Jeanine Bartel)
Blood is Thicker
Golden Door International Film Festival
Jersey City, NJ
2024
Winner Best Short Screenplay
Blood is Thicker
Momòhill Film Fair
Brusino Arsizio, Ticino
2024
WINNER: ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (Jeanine Bartel); Nominated: Best Actress (Bartel), Best Actress (Skirboll), Best Director (Skirboll), Female Filmmaker of the Year (Skirboll)
Blood is Thicker
Austin Revolution Film Festival
Austin, TX
2024
Quarter Finalist
7 Years After (Pilot)
Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition
2024
Finalist
7 Years After (Pilot)
Cambridge Script Festival
Cambridge, England
2024
Finalist
7 Years After (Pilot)
Las Vegas International Screenplay Awards
Las Vegas
2024
WINNER: Best TV Series Pilot
7 Years After (Pilot)
TELEVISION FEEDBACK Screenplay & Web Series Festival
Toronto
2024
WINNER: Best International Short Film
OVERDUE
Festival Internacional de Cine de Ciudad Madero - FICCMa
Madero
2024
Semi Finalist
7 Years After (Pilot)
Creative World Awards
2023
Semi-Finalist
7 Years After (Pilot)
Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival
Rhode Island
2023
Finalist
7 Years After (Pilot)
Vail Film Festival
Vail, CO
2023
Winner: Best Script TV - Genre
7 Years After (Pilot)
Austin Revolution Film Festival
Austin, TX
2023
Nominee: Best Music Video
Down & Out
Austin Revolution Film Festival
Austin, TX
2023
Nominee: Best Short Script - Comedy
Be Careful
Austin Revolution Film Festival
Austin, TX
2023
WINNER: Best Short Romance/Rom-Com, WINNER: Director's Choice Short Script; NOMINEE: Best Produced Script, Best Actress - Jeanine Bartel, Best Actor - Howard Hendrix Powell, Actress of the Year - Jeanine Bartel, Female Filmmaker of the Year - Melissa Skirboll
OVERDUE
Austin Revolution Film Festival
Austin, TX
2023
Nominee Best Short Film; Nominee Best Actress: Jeanine Bartel
OVERDUE
Beaufort International FIlm Festival
Beaufort, SC
2023
Nominee: Best Director (Melissa Skirboll), Best Actress (Jeanine Bartel)
OVERDUE
Pasadena International Film Festival
Pasadena, CA
2023
WINNER: Best Short Film; WINNER: Best Lead Actress (Jeanine Bartel); Winner: Audience Choice; Nominee: Best Supporting Actor (Howard Hendrix Powell)
OVERDUE
Momòhill Film Fair
Brusino Arsizio
2023
Nominee: Best Short FIction FIlm
OVERDUE
Nevada Women's Film Festival
Las Vegas, NV
2023
Nominee: Best Short Film, Nominee: Best Actress in a Short FIlm
OVERDUE
Golden Door International Film Festival
Jersey City, NJ
2023
Winner: Best Romantic Dramedy
OVERDUE
Manhattan Film Festival
New York, NY
2023
Nominee: Best Actor HOWARD HENDRIX POWELL
OVERDUE
Long Island International Film Expo
Bellmore, NY
2023
Nominee: Best Short Script - Comedy
Blood Is Thicker (screenplay)
Austin Revolution Film Festival
Austin, TX
2023
Runner Up - Best Feature Screenplay
Something Borrowed
Long Island International Film Expo
Bellmore, NY
2023
Winner: Best Feature Screenplay
Something Borrowed
Fort Worth International Film Series
Fort Worth, TX
2023
Nominee: Best short/pilot script
7 Years After (Pilot)
San Angelo Revolution Film Festival
San Angelo, TX
2022
Winner Best Comedy; Awards of Excellence: ACTRESS Jeanine Bartel, SOUND DESIGN Andrew Markus, MUSIC Robert Louis King, EDITING Melissa Skirboll; Awards of Merit: Directing, Actor, Cinematography, Production Design, Short Film,
OVERDUE
Southern Shorts Awards
Roswell, GA
2022
Honorable Mention
Something Borrowed
Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
2022
Quarter Finalist
Something Borrowed
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship 2022
2022
Best Medium Short, Best Actress, Nominated Best Director
Greetings From Sarajevo
Brightside FIlm Festival
Jersey City, NJ
2022
Nominee Best Actress: Kathryn Kates
Greetings From Sarajevo
Revolution Me FIlm Festival
New York City
2021
Official Selelection
Greetings From Sarajevo
Marina Del Rey Film Festival
Marina Del Rey/Los Angeles
2021
Semi-Finalist
Greetings From Sarajevo
Rome Independent Prisma Awards
Rome
2021
Official Selection
Greetings From Sarajevo
Bull City Film Festival
Durham, NC
2021
Official Selection
Greetings From Sarajevo
Borrego Springs Film Festival
Borrego Springs, CA
2021
Official Selection
Greetings From Sarajevo
Chain NYC Film Festival
New York, NY
2021
Official Selection
Greetings From Sarajevo
Los Angeles Women's International FIlm Festival
Los Angeles, CA
2021
WINNER Best Short Film, WINNER Best Lead Actress (Kathryn Kates), Nominated Best Director (Melissa Skirboll)
Greetings From Sarajevo
NYC TV Film Festival
New York, NY
2021
Official Selections
Greetings From Sarajevo
Vâsterås FilmFestival
Vâsterås
2021
Nominee Best Short, Nominee Best Director
Greetings From Sarajevo
Golden Door International Film Festival
Jersey City, NJ
2021
Official Selection
Greetings From Sarajevo
Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival
Fort Myers Beach, FL
2021
Winner: Best Psychological Thriller
Greetings From Sarajevo
Manhattan Film Festival
New York, NY
2021
Official Selection
My Dinner With Schwartzey
FilmFest Bremen
Bremen
2021
Official Selection
Greetings From Sarajevo
Direct Monthly Online Film Festival
2020
Official Selection
Greetings From Sarajevo
International Sound and Music Festival
2020
Official Selection
Greetings From Sarajevo
YoFi Festival
Yonkers, NY
2020
Nominated Annual Best Short Comedy 2020
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Changing Face International Film Festival (2020 Annual)
Sydney
2020
Winner Best Cast
My Dinner With Schwartzey
French Independent Film Festival
Cannes
2020
Nominee: Best Experimental Short, Best Director Experimental, Best Sound Design
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Revolution Me Film Festival
Brooklyn, NY
2020
Nominee: Best Comedy, Best Director Comedy
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Hang On To Your Shorts
Asbury Park
2020
Winner Best Comedy January 2020
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Changing Face International Film Festival
Sydney
2020
Winner: Best Director Comedy; Multiple nominations
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Brightside FIlm Festival
Jersey City, NJ
2020
Best Short Film
Show & Tell Tango
Her Vision Film Festival
Brooklyn, NY
2020
Nominee
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Clifton FIlm Festival
Clifton, VA
2019
Winner Best Dramedy, Winner Best Director
My Dinner With Schwartzey
NYC TV Festival
New York, NY
2019
Nominee
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Reel East Texas Film Festival
Kilgore, TX
2019
Official Selection
My Dinner With Schwartzey
YoFi Film Festival
Yonkers, NY
2019
Official Selection
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Filmchilla
Catalina, CA
2019
Filmmaker of the Year
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Västerås Filmfestival
Västerås
2019
Finalist
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Oaxaca Film Festival
Oaxaca
2019
Nominee
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Golden Door Film Festival
Jersey City, NJ
2019
Official Selection
My Dinner With Schwartzey
VOB Film Festival
Brewster, NY
2019
Official Selection
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Firenze Film Corti
Florence
2019
Finalist - Best Noir
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Fort Worth International Film Expo
Fort Worth, TX
2019
Runner up - Best Soundtrack
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Hollywood Dreams
Las Vegas
2019
Nominee
My Dinner With Schwartzey
AOF Mega Fest
Las Vegas
2019
Best Actress in a Drama
My Dinner With Schwartzey
EHTVF
Easthampton, NY
2019
Best Cinematography, Best Editor
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Long Island International Film Expo
Bellmore, NY
2019
Official Selection
My Dinner With Schwartzey
MayDay Film Festival
Evansville, IN
2019
Best Dramedy
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Manhattan Film Festival
New York, NY
2019
Official Selection
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Beeston FIlm Festival
Nottingham
2019
Semi-Finalist
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Bermuda International Film Festival
Hamilton
2019
Nominee: Best Director Comedy, Best Actress in a Comedy
The Spy Who Scratched Me
Brightside Film Festival
Jersey City, NJ
2019
Winner Best Comedy
The Spy Who Scratched Me
Erie International Film Festival
Erie, PA
2019
Finalist
Show & Tell Tango
NorthEast Mountain Film Festival
Dillard, GA
2019
Official Selection
The Spy Who Scratched Me
New York Short Film Tuesdays
Williamsburg, NY
2018
Official Selection
Show & Tell Tango
VOB Film Festival
Brewster, NY
2018
Official Selection/Nominee: "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
Show & Tell Tango
Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase
Fort Worth, TX
2018
Official Selection/Nominee Best Tri State Film
Show & Tell Tango
Philadelphia Independent Film Awards
Philadelphia, PA
2018
Official Selection
Show & Tell Tango
Brightside Tavern FIlm Festival
Jersey City, NJ
2018
Official Selection
Show & Tell Tango
Greenwich Village Film Festival
New York
2017
Official Selection
Show & Tell Tango
Västeräs FilmFestival
Västeräs
2017
Winner: Best Music Video, Nominee Best Actress, Nominee Best Editing
Down & Out
Top Indie Film Awards
Online
Winner: Best Relationship Drama - Screenplay Award Fall 2021
OVERDUE
Oregon Short FIlm Festival (Screenplay Competition)
Portland, OR
Winner BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - 2022
OVERDUE
Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival (Screenplay Competition)
Fort Myers Beach, FL
WINNER Best Short Screenplay: Romance/Rom-Com; NOMINEE Best Short Screenplay: Drama
OVERDUE
Austin Revolution Film Fest (Screenplay Competition)
Austin, TX
Best Short Script 2022
OVERDUE
Garden State Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Asbury Park, NJ
Winner Best Romance Short - Winter 2022
OVERDUE
Freewheeling FIlm Awards
London
Semi Finalist
Something Borrowed
Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Competition
Nominee Best Screenplay
Something Borrowed
Revolution Me FIlm Festival
New York City
Quarter Finalist
Something Borrowed
ScreenCraft Drama Competition (2021)
Quarter Finalist
Something Borrowed
Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Award (2021)
Quarter Finalist
Greetings From Sarajevo
Aporia International Village Film Festiva
Official Selection
Greetings From Sarajevo
Andromeda Film Festival
Istanbul
Winner Best Writing (Penny Jackson) Nominated for Best Short, Best Director, Best Actress (Kathryn Kates), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, and Best Music.
Greetings From Sarajevo
Top Indie Film Awards
Semi Finalist Best Short, Semi Finalist Best Actress
Greetings From Sarajevo
International Moving Film Festival
ABADAN&KHORAMSHAHR(ARVAND FREE ZONE), KHOUZESTAN
Official Selection
Greetings From Sarajevo
Wallachia Film Festival
Wallachia
Semi-Finalist Best Drama Short
Greetings From Sarajevo
Changing Face International Film Festival
Sydney
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Education
College
Boston University
Sociology
High School
Blairsville Senior HS
Personal Details
Birth Date
September 24
Birth City
Pittsburgh, PA
Current City
New York, NY
Hometown
Blairsville, PA
Height
5'5"
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
New York
Eye Color
Brown
Zodiac Sign
Libra
LifeDream Productions: Bringing dreams to life.
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