Nathan Silver

Biography

Nathan Silver has written and directed nine feature films. His work has played festivals around the world, including NYFF, Venice, Tribeca, Mar del Plata, AFI, Locarno, Rotterdam and Viennale. The New Yorker recently called Silver “a modernistic master of melodrama,” and said that “he proves himself to be one of the most original American independent filmmakers working today.”

Directed

1. Between the Temples (2024) — Director
2. Thirst Street (2017) — Director
3. Stinking Heaven (2015) — Director
4. Uncertain Terms (2014) — Director
5. Exit Elena (2012) — Director
6. The Great Pretender (2018) — Director
7. Actor Martinez (2016) — Director
8. Soft in the Head (2013) — Director
9. Riot (2015) — Director
10. Carol & Joy (2025) — Director
11. Cutting My Mother (2019) — Director
12. Anecdote (2008) — Director
13. The Prima Donna — Director
14. The Blind (2009) — Director
15. Cutting My Mother (2019) — Director
16. A Poet — Director
17. Sounds from home (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Uncertain Terms (2014) — Lenny
2. Exit Elena (2012) — Nathan Akerman
3. Actor Martinez (2016) — Nathan
4. Riot (2015)
5. Carol & Joy (2025) — Self (uncredited)
6. Cutting My Mother (2019) — Himself
7. Nathan Silver (2013) — Self
8. Cutting My Mother (2019) — Himself