Chris Martin Silber

Raised in a German British background and based in LA, Chris Martin Silber has collaborated on numerous films and TV productions, which went on to earn laurels such as a Golden Globe nomination, International Emmy, BAFTA and European Film Award wins as well as festival laurels at Cannes, Berlinale, Toronto. Dubbed "one of Europe's hottest young screenwriters" by Screen International, in 2011 the Vilcek Foundation honored Silber as "an immigrant filmmaker... whose creative spirit enlivens and inspires American cinema". A stage actor and music journalist from his teenage years, he debuted as a playwright at the Vienna Burgtheater at the age of 24. Silber has taught screenwriting at La Sierra University in California. Chris has worked with John Malkovich, Donnie Yen, Academy Award nominee Peter Straughan, Academy Award winner Volker Schlöndorff, Terence Hill, Nicole Beharie, Reg E. Cathey and many others.