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Nathan Silver

Nathan Silver

Director, writer, actor and producer, also editor

Berlinale award nominee · Sundance award nominee

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.”

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Director, writer, actor and producer, also editor
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 30% in 30 days

What are Nathan Silver's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Genres

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 2

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 3

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 5

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Melancholic
5
Absurd
4
Contemplative
3
Bittersweet
1
Other
4

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Nathan Silver's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Subscription and free streaming for Nathan Silver's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

23 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Sounds From Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · as Self

  • Mother Mary(2026)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Carol & Joy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · as Self (uncredited)

  • Magic Farm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Thanks

  • Between the Temples(2024)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • This Closeness(2023)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Anne at 13,000 Ft.(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • Cutting My Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Creator · as Himself

  • Cutting My Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · as Himself

  • Wobble Palace(2018)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • The Great Pretender(2018)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Thirst Street(2017)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Actor Martinez(2016)

    Director · Writer · as Nathan

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Stinking Heaven(2015)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Riot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Actor

  • Uncertain Terms(2014)

    Director · Writer · as Lenny

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Soft in the Head(2013)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Exit Elena(2012)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer · as Nathan Akerman

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • The Blind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Writer

  • Anecdote (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Writer

  • Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Associate Producer

  • A Poet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

  • The Prima Donna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 23 titles, 21 of them dated from 1987 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 23: 0 only acting, 4 with another roleDirecting17 of 23: 3 only directing, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score48thWriting11 of 23: 0 only writing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score48thProducing3 of 23: 2 only producing, 1 with another roleCinematography1 of 23: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleEditing1 of 23: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew5 of 23: 4 only other crew, 1 with another role

23 titles, 14 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s11 · 4 acting · 11 crew2020s7 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

3 major nominations and no wins, 2024.

  1. 2024
    • Berlinale award, nominated · Best Feature Film
    • Berlinale award, nominated · Feature Film
    • Sundance award, nominated · Dramatic

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Nathan Silver's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th8

Reviewers score the atmosphere 69/100 and the pacing 52/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Nathan Silver work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nathan Silver's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; C. Mason Wells shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles