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Michael Selditch Biography

Birth Name:Michael Selditch

Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession Producer, Director, Camera department, Writer, Actor, Production designer, Art director, Art department

Fast Facts

  • Won a James Beard Award for best national television food series two years in a row for "Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie," of which he was the show runner and co-creator
  • Architecture School, the documentary series he created and directed, was named one of the Top 10 TV Series of 2008 by Time magazine
  • Won a Rhode Island International Film Festival Award for best feature special interest for his feature film directorial debut, "Fixing Frank․"
  • Earned his master's degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania
  • Worked as an architect for 14 years before getting involved in the entertainment industry, and taught classes at the Pratt Institute and Woodbury University
  • Best known as a writer, producer and director who worked on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," "I Love You․․․But I Lied" and "Fixing Frank․"

Awards

  • 2001Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Reality): nominated
  • 2002Special Interest Programming Award-Best Feature Film: winner
  • 2008Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Lifestyle Program: nominated
  • 2009IDA Award-Limited Series: winner
  • 2023DOC LA Award-Audience Award - Feature: winner
  • 2023DOC LA Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2023Rare Pearl Award-: winner
  • 2023Programmers Choice Award-Programmers Choice Award: winner
  • 2023Audience Award-Best Documentary Film: winner
  • 2023Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2024Audience Award-Best Documentary: winner