USA

Jason Silverman is an award-winning film producer and longtime festival director. He has produced large-scale events for the Smithsonian, the Lensic Center for the Arts, the Tribeca Film Festival and the Lannan Foundation. He is currently Cinematheque Director at the Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, and former Artistic Director of the Taos Talking Picture Festival and in 2014, was recognized with the Santa Fe Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. He has written more than 400 articles for several publications such as Wired, Time Out New York, etc. He is a former adjunct professor at the Institute of American Indian Arts. The feature film SEMBENE!, which premiered in competition at the 2015 Sundance Film and the Cannes Festival du Film, where it was one of the top eight finalists for the Camera d'Or.

Filmography

SEMBENE! (2015)