Mary Jane Skalski
President of Production, Echo Lake Entertainment
About Speaker
Mary Jane Skalski’s career spans over 20 years as a producer specializing in taking projects from inception thru release. Credits include Bart Layton’s BIFA awarded American Animals, four films with Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent, The Visitor, Win Win and The Cobbler); Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin which premiered at the 2004 Venice Film Festival, Wilson directed by Craig Johnson, Todd Louiso's Hello I Must Be Going which opened the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, 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, Putzel, Before You Know It and Philippe Falardeau’s My Salinger Year. Mary Jane started her career at Good Machine, the production and sales company, where she was able to work on the early films of Ang Lee, Nicole Holofcener and Ed Burns, among others. She teaches in the Graduate Producing Program at Columbia University and is a member of AMPAS, serving on the Producers Branch Executive Committee. Mary Jane is currently the President of Production at Echo Lake Entertainment where she also represents a handful of clients.