Chris Silber(I)
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Chris Silber is an Emmy winning writer, producer and filmmaker working in English and German.
His most notable contributions to film include Golden Globe and Bafta nominated "Goodbye Lenin!",
critically acclaimed Alpine drama "North Face" and Black Reel-winning New York romance
"My Last Day Without You", which he also co-produced.
Raised bilingual in Berlin and London, Silber co-created Disney+ / Hulu series "Sam - A Saxon", also serving as head writer and creative producer. Called "a masterpiece" and "a milestone" by critics, the series premiered word-wide in April 2023.
A1940s TV series created by Silber, inspired by his grandfather's encounters with leading Nazi figures after WWII was picked up by a major international studio in 2021, with Silber attached to show-run.
Screen International has called Silber "one of Europe's hottest screenwriters". Several of his works for German-language television have broken ratings records.
In 2011 the Vilcek Foundation honored Silber as "an immigrant filmmaker... whose creative spirit enlivens and inspires American cinema".
A stage actor, singer and music journalist from his teenage years, he debuted as a playwright at the Vienna Burgtheater at the age of 24 and got his first TV head writing job before turning 30.
Silber taught screenwriting at La Sierra University in California from 2012 to 2014.
In 2022 he married actress and writer Tracey Nicole Graves.
Chris has worked with John Malkovich, Donnie Yen, Academy Award nominee Peter Straughan, Academy Award winners Melissa Leo and Volker Schlöndorff, Terence Hill, Nicole Beharie, Reg E. Cathey, Ron Perlman, Christopher Lloyd and many others.
Raised bilingual in Berlin and London, Silber co-created Disney+ / Hulu series "Sam - A Saxon", also serving as head writer and creative producer. Called "a masterpiece" and "a milestone" by critics, the series premiered word-wide in April 2023.
A1940s TV series created by Silber, inspired by his grandfather's encounters with leading Nazi figures after WWII was picked up by a major international studio in 2021, with Silber attached to show-run.
Screen International has called Silber "one of Europe's hottest screenwriters". Several of his works for German-language television have broken ratings records.
In 2011 the Vilcek Foundation honored Silber as "an immigrant filmmaker... whose creative spirit enlivens and inspires American cinema".
A stage actor, singer and music journalist from his teenage years, he debuted as a playwright at the Vienna Burgtheater at the age of 24 and got his first TV head writing job before turning 30.
Silber taught screenwriting at La Sierra University in California from 2012 to 2014.
In 2022 he married actress and writer Tracey Nicole Graves.
Chris has worked with John Malkovich, Donnie Yen, Academy Award nominee Peter Straughan, Academy Award winners Melissa Leo and Volker Schlöndorff, Terence Hill, Nicole Beharie, Reg E. Cathey, Ron Perlman, Christopher Lloyd and many others.
