Barry Schkolnick

Barry Schkolnick has been writing and producing in Hollywood for three decades. He recently completed INAUGURATION DAY, a political action thriller film script. Currently, he is adapting Mike Papantonio’s “Deke” Deketomis novels for television. Before that, he created the serialized crime drama HIDDEN PARTNERS, and partnered with producer Michael Rosenberg and director David von Ancken in bringing the project to market. Previously he created and executive produced DUALITY, a dramatic series set in Mexico City, for Televisa. He was an Executive Producer on SEQUESTERED, a dramatic web series released on Crackle.com. He also served as a Co-Executive Producer on USA Network’s IN PLAIN SIGHT. For CBS, he was a Consulting Producer on THE GOOD WIFE. In 2015, Barry was honored to give a keynote address in Rio de Janeiro at the RioContent Marketplace, a gathering of over five thousand television writers and executives from all around the world. Barry also wrote and produced such shows as LAW & ORDER, UNFORGETTABLE, THE GUARDIAN, THE DIVISION, MEDICAL INVESTIGATION, IN JUSTICE, THE DRESDEN FILES, and STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Barry wrote fifteen episodes for LAW & ORDER; his work was honored with a nomination for a Writer’s Guild of America award for Best Episode, Dramatic Series and a Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association. In addition, he was a member of the writing staff of LAW & ORDER’s Emmy and Peabody Award winning season. Barry received his undergraduate education at Swarthmore College, where he graduated with Honors. He began his career as a lawyer after receiving his J.D. degree from the New York University School of Law. He transitioned into writing for television with David E. Kelley on L.A. LAW on that show’s last Emmy Award winning season.