ichael Selditch has been producer, writer, director, creator and/or show-runner on numerous non-scripted television shows since 1999. As executive producer and director, Selditch created a documentary television series called Architecture School for the Sundance Channel, which won the International Documentary Association Award for Best Limited Series (2009) and was named by Time Magazine as one of the Top 10 TV Series of 2008. He directed Queer Eye for the Straight Guy on a recurring basis during its 100-episode run. Also for Bravo, he directed and co-executive produced the one-hour special, Project Jay (2005) on fashion designer Jay McCarroll, the first winner of Project Runway. He followed it up with an independent feature film on McCarroll entitled, Eleven Minutes (2009) which was distributed in theaters in selected cities across the US by Regent Releasing. Selditch was the show-runner and one of the creators of PBS's award-winning series, Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie (2007), receiving the James Beard Award for Best National Television Food Series two years in a row. Selditch was also a producer on Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days (2006), the highly acclaimed series on FX. Selditch is a two-time Emmy Award nominated producer.

elditch’s feature film directorial debut, Fixing Frank, a Maximum Vacuum production, enjoyed a successful theatrical run in selected cities (2005). It was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award (2006) and won Best Feature, Special Interest at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. He has worked on other narrative projects in both theater and film, winning top prize at the USA One-Act Play Festival in New York with his play, Express Train (1995). His award-winning short film, The C Word, screened at festivals worldwide, including Cannes Film Festival (1994).

rior to his work in television, Selditch received a Masters of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. He practiced architecture for 14 years in addition to teaching architectural design at Pratt Institute in New York and Woodbury University in Los Angeles.

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