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Jonathan Skurnik
About Jonathan Skurnik
Jonathan has produced, directed and shot numerous award-winning documentaries. His most recent films are part of "The Youth & Gender Media Project," a series of short docs about gender non-conforming youth. The films have screened at festivals worldwide and won numerous awards, including the Audience Award at Outfest and the ChangeMaker award at the Media That Matters Film Festival. Internationally, the films educate communities about accepting all forms of gender identity and expression.
Production Company
Skurnik Productions is a documentary film production company that makes character-driven, social issue documentaries that educate and inspire.
Why did you answer the Lab's open call?
Educating audiences about the history and diversity of the LGBT community has been an important element of my work over the course of my entire career. The Open Call was a wonderful opportunity to continue and expand that work.
More on The Youth & Gender Media Project: www.imjustanneke.com
Tell us about the first time you made a video or film
I was nine years old and made a little super 8 film with my sister and our friends about children with magical powers.
Would you like to tell us your plans for your new prize?
I will spend some of it on post production expenses to prepare the film for broadcast. I plan to donate the rest in support of LGBT youth.
Exclusive Corporate Funding for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE is provided by Liberty Mutual.
Major funding provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Additional funding for Stonewall Uprising provided by the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation Inc., Ms. Susan B. Kaplan and Nancy and Mark Belsky, Brian A. McCarthy Foundation, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Public Television Viewers. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston.
