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.”
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Self (uncredited)
98-year-old Joy Kane, a music teacher and ex-dancer, shares stories and plays piano with her daughter Carol. Their afternoon together reveals artistic lives, family bonds, and their paths across two centuries.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Himself
Nathan Silver has been casting his mother, Cindy, in his independent feature films since 2012. And though Cindy always insists she’s “not an actress—I’m just your mother,” when Nathan cuts almost all her scenes from one of his movies, Cindy’s disappointment goes beyond a matter of simple creative differences. In this new documentary series, we follow Nathan and Cindy as they try to repair their relationship over the dinner table, at the synagogue, and, finally, on the set of a film where Nathan cedes the director’s chair to a promising new talent: his own mother.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Nathan
Dreaming of fame and fortune, a local Denver performer hires two indie filmmakers to come to town and make a film with him as the star.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Lenny
Needing a sudden escape from the city, Robbie leaves Brooklyn to stay in the Hudson Valley with his aunt, who runs a home for pregnant teens. As the only man in the house, Robbie captures the attention of many of the girls, and when he strikes up a friendship with Nina, who is dealing with her own relationship troubles, tensions run high in the house.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Nathan Akerman
A live-in aide adjusts to life with the family who employ her.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Himself
When director Nathan Silver cuts his mother's scenes from one of his movies, her disappointment goes beyond creative differences. In this new documentary series, they try to repair their relationship.