Marisa Silver

Biography

Born 04/23/1960

While this director is the daughter of a film family, she has sought to earn her own way: her father is producer Raphael Silver; her mother director Joan Micklin Silver. Marisa Silver got her start while attending Harvard, where she directed the short "Dexter T" (1977) and edited the documentary...
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Awards

  • In 1984, received United States (Sundance) Film Festival Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic)

Highlights

  • In 2000, Published short story in The New Yorker
  • In 1992, TV-movie directorial debut "Indecency" (USA Network)
  • In 1992, TV directing debut, episode of "L.A. Law" (NBC)

Family & Companions

  • Raphael D Silver: father (born 1930; president of Silverfilm Productions)
  • Joan Micklin Silver: mother (born 1935; films include "Hester Street," "Crossing Delancey")

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