Mary Jane Skalski
Producer
Mary Jane Skalski began her career at Good Machine where she worked on the early films of Ang Lee, Ed Burns and Nicole Holofcener. As a producer, her credits include four films with director Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent, The Visitor, Win Win, and The Cobbler); Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin, Wilson directed by Craig Johnson, Todd Louiso's Hello I Must Be Going, Adam Salky’s Dare, Peter Callahan’s Against the Current, Julian Goldberger’s The Hawk is Dying, Jem Cohen’s Chain, and Naomi Foner’s Very Good Girls. Mary Jane was an executive producer on Pariah, Trick, and Putzel. Her most recent film is Bart Layton’s narrative debut, American Animals which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and will open later this year.
Courses and Featured Content
Video
Creative Producers: Best Practices for Pitching with Peter Saraf (LOVING), Mary Jane Skalski (AMERICAN ANIMALS), and Josh Penn (MONSTERS AND MEN)
Producer: Josh Penn and 2 more
Creative Producers: Best Practices for Pitching with Peter Saraf (LOVING), Mary Jane Skalski (AMERICAN ANIMALS), and Josh Penn (MONSTERS AND MEN)
With: Josh Penn, Mary Jane Skalski and Peter Saraf
Getting good at pitching yourself and your project. Veteran Producers share their best practices for giving a pitch and making it count.
Video
Creative Producing with Mary Jane Skalski (AMERICAN ANIMALS) & Natalie Qasabian (SEARCHING)
Producer: Mary Jane Skalski and Natalie Qasabian
Creative Producing with Mary Jane Skalski (AMERICAN ANIMALS) & Natalie Qasabian (SEARCHING)
With: Mary Jane Skalski and Natalie Qasabian
Accomplished Producer Mary Jane Skalski reveals the essential nature of mentorship with emerging Producer Natalie Qasabian.
What Does a Producer Do?
With: Effie Brown, Diana Williams, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Josh Penn, Mary Jane Skalski and Sev Ohanian
What in fact, does a producer actually do? Veteran producers describes their multi-faceted roles and what being a producer means.
