The short film garnered the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 38th Oscar Ceremony (which it lost to Claude Berri's "Le Poulet"). "Skaterdater" drew the attention of executives at 20th Century Fox, who hired Black to direct "Pretty Poison". "I didn’t begrudge UA the thousands they made from the short," Black commented. "It led to 20th Century-Fox giving me the chance to make "Pretty Poison", on which I was given fairly free rein."