Melissa Skirboll is an award-winning director, writer, actor and producer – for both screen and stage. Her newest short Overdue will hit the festival circuit Winter 2022/2023.
Named 2022 FEMALE FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR at San Angelo Revolution Film Fest and 2019 FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR 2019 at the Västerås Film Festival in Sweden.
Skirboll is a proud member of NYWIFT, SAG/AFTRA, and The BRAZEN GIANT ENSEMBLE
Melissa also teaches acting for the Sande Shurin Acting Studio and works with individuals as a private coach.
Short Films directed/produced by Melissa Skirboll and LifeDream Productions have screened at Festivals worldwide and have been nominated for over 90 awards in various categories; winning in more than 40 categories thus far.
Film Awards include:
Greetings From Sarajevo:
Best Psychological Short Manhattan Film Festival
Best Short Film NYC TV Festival. Brightside Film Festival
My Dinner With Schwartzey
Best Short Dramedy Manhattan Film Festival
Best Director Comedy Brightside Film Festival
Best Cast French Independent Film Festival
Best Dramedy, Best Director NYC TV Festival
Best Film DMOFF
Best Comedy Changing Face International Film Fest
The Spy Who Scratched Me
Best Comedy Erie International Film Fest
Show & Tell Tango
Best Short Film Her Vision Film Festival
Screenplays:
Produced Shorts
Overdue (with co-writer Penny Jackson) in post-production
Best Short Screenplay – Fort Myers Beach International FF
Best Short Screenplay – Garden State FF
Best RomCom/Romance – Austin Revolution FF
Best Relationship Drama – Oregon Short Film Festival
Nominee: Best Short Drama – Austin Revolution FF
Finalist: Santa Barbara Int’l Screenplay Awards
Semi-Finalist: Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
My Dinner With Schwartzey (with co-writer Penny Jackson)
Finalist: Cascadia International Women’s Film Festival Script Lab
Unproduced Features
Something Borrowed
Semi-Finalist: Red Flight Productions Screenplay Competition
Semi Finalist: Get It Made Screenplay Competition
Quarter Finalist: Filmmatic Screenplay Drama Competition
Quarter Finalist: ScreenCraft Drama Screenwriting Fellowship
Quarter Finalist: ScreenCraft Drama Screenplay Competition
Unproduced Pilots
7 Years After
Nominee Best Screenplay San Angelo Revolution Film Festival
Something Borrowed Blues
Nominee Best Screenplay RevolutionMe Film Festival
Unproduced Shorts
Be Careful!
Quarter Finalist: HollyShorts Screenwriting Competition
Quarter-Finalist: Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
Blood is Thicker
Finalist: Cascadia International Women’s Film Festival Script Lab
Finalist: ME Film Festival
Finalist: Rome Prisma Screenplay Competition
Quarter Finalist: HollyShorts Screenwriting Competition
Quarter Finalist: Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards
At Planet Connections Theater Festivity in NYC her play BLIZZARD: A LOVE STORY won for Outstanding Writing, and she won Outstanding Direction for her work on THE CLOSET.