Annie Silverstein

Biography

Annie Silverstein is an American film director and screenwriter. In 2014 Silverstein's short film Skunk premiered at the Cannes Film Festival - Cinefondation and won the first place jury award, presided over by Abbas Kiarostami. She was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Indie Film in 2014. Silverstein's feature debut Bull was selected for the 2016 Sundance Screenwriter's Lab and Directors Lab. Bull premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard, and went on to screen at the Deauville American Film Festival where it won the Grand Prize, Revelation Prize, and Critics’ Prize. Bull premiered in the US at Film Independent's ‘New Wave,’ and was selected to screen in the Festival Favorites section at SXSW 2020. Bull was acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films (domestic) and Sony Pictures Worldwide (international). Description above from the Wikipedia article Annie Silverstein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.