---
name: "Skip Schoolnik"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/skip-schoolnik"
fi1m_id: "skip-schoolnik"
imdb_id: "nm0774802"
tmdb_id: 68841
wikidata_id: "Q7535722"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "17 July 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T11:50:40.704590+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Skip Schoolnik

## Identity

Skip Schoolnik

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/skip-schoolnik
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** skip-schoolnik
- **IMDb ID:** nm0774802
- **TMDB ID:** 68841
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7535722
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Schoolnik, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7535722, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0774802/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68841

Editor. Born 17 July 1945.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 17 July 1945
- **Active:** 1981–1997
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 49 (1), 1990s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Schoolnik, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7535722, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0774802/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68841

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Body and Soul*](https://film.one/film/body-and-soul.md) (49)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Skip Schoolnik is an American film and television editor, director and producer. He edited the 1997 *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* episode "The Harvest" and worked as an editor on films including *Halloween II* (1981), *Avalanche* (1978) and *MegaForce* (1982).

Schoolnik directed the feature *Hide and Go Shriek* (1988) and episodes of *Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction* and *Angel*. He later served as co-producer on *Angel* (1999–2004) and as associate or co-producer on series including *The Walking Dead*, *Torchwood* and *Salem*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tardis.wiki.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Body and Soul* (1981), Fi1m 49, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/body-and-soul.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Angel* (1999), series, Director
- *To Love, Honor, & Betray* (1999), Editor
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *The Perfect Mother* (1997), Associate Producer, Editor
- *A Stranger to Love* (1996), Editor
- *A Stranger in Town* (1995), Editor
- *Fighting for My Daughter* (1995), Editor
- *Spoils of War* (1994), Editor
- *Knight Rider 2010* (1994), Editor
- *Precious Victims* (1993), Editor
- *The Man with Three Wives* (1993), Editor
- *The President's Child* (1992), Editor
- *For Richer, for Poorer* (1992), Editor
- *Night of the Hunter* (1991), Editor
- *The Whereabouts of Jenny* (1991), Editor
- *Max and Helen* (1990), Editor
- *Amityville: The Evil Escapes* (1989), Editor
- *Desperate for Love* (1989), Editor
- *Hide and Go Shriek* (1988), Director
- *Purgatory* (1988), Editor
- *Glitz* (1988), Editor
- *Scandal in a Small Town* (1988), Editor, Associate Producer
- *Sworn to Silence* (1987), Editor
- *In Love and War* (1987), Editor
- *Kung Fu: The Movie* (1986), Editor, Associate Producer
- *Time Walker* (1982), Second Unit
- *MegaForce* (1982), Editor
- *Halloween II* (1981), Editor
- *Body and Soul* (1981), Editor — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/body-and-soul.md)
- *Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype* (1980), Editor
- *Avalanche* (1978), Editor
- *Eat My Dust* (1976), Assistant Editor

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