
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 14
2020s
- 2026
Sounds From Home
Director
- 2025
Carol & Joy
Director
- 2024
2010s
- 2019
Cutting My Mother
Director
Cutting My Mother
Director
- 2018
The Great Pretender
Director
- 2017
Thirst Street
Director
- 2016
Actor Martinez
Director
- 2015
- 2014
Uncertain Terms
Director
- 2013
Soft in the Head
Director
- 2012
Exit Elena
Director
2000s
- 2009
The Blind
Director
- 2008
Anecdote
Director
Wrote 9
2020s
- 2024
2010s
- 2017
Thirst Street
Writer
- 2016
Actor Martinez
Writer
- 2015
- 2014
Uncertain Terms
Writer
- 2013
Soft in the Head
Writer
- 2012
Exit Elena
Writer
2000s
- 2009
The Blind
Writer
- 2008
Anecdote
Writer
Acted in 3
2010s
- 2016
Actor Martinez
Nathan
- 2014
Uncertain Terms
Lenny
- 2012
Exit Elena
Nathan Akerman
Produced 3
2020s
- 2021
Anne at 13,000 Ft.
Executive Producer
2010s
- 2017
Thirst Street
Producer
1980s
- 1987
Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment
Associate Producer
Edited 1
2020s
- 2026
Sounds From Home
Editor
Camera 1
2020s
- 2026
Sounds From Home
Director of Photography
Created 1
2010s
- 2019
Cutting My Mother
Creator
Appearances4
2020s
- 2026
Sounds From Home
Self
- 2025
Carol & Joy
Self (uncredited)
2010s
- 2019
Cutting My Mother
Himself · 4 episodes
Cutting My Mother
Himself
Thanked in the credits4
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
Magic Farm
Thanks
- 2024
This Closeness
Thanks
2010s
- 2018
Wobble Palace
Thanks