Christoph Silber

Christoph Silber
Born (1975-04-26) April 26, 1975
Berlin, Germany
OccupationsAuthor and filmmaker

Christoph Silber (born 26 April 1975, in Berlin) often credited as Chris Silber, is a German-American author, filmmaker and performer. Silber works and lives in the United States.

Early life

Silber spent most of his childhood and youth in Germany. Raised bilingual, he studied in London and Berlin. His mother Christa Schuenke is a philosopher and literary translator; his foster father Maik Hamburger was a Shakespeare scholar and dramaturge.[1]

Career

In 1995 the Vienna Burgtheater asked him to adapt Puccini's Tosca for a stage production.[2]

Silber's screenwriting career began in European television in the mid-1990s. Silber worked as a writer of sitcoms as well as crime series. Silber has collaborated on numerous films, including the award-winning Good Bye, Lenin!, North Face,[3] Arranged and My Last Day Without You, for which he also co-wrote several songs performed by Nicole Beharie. He also wrote scripts for the Enid Blyton-based Hanni & Nanni franchise. Several of his contributions to German television like Tatort "Schwanensee" have broken ratings records.[4]

Based in Los Angeles since 2012, Silber has been honoured by the Vilcek Foundation as "an immigrant filmmaker...whose creative spirit enlivens and inspires American cinema."[5]

In 2019, Silber sold a WWII series pilot inspired by his grandfather's story to Hollywood-based Blitz Films. In 2023, Sam: A Saxon, a mini-series co-created and head-written by Silber, was released by Disney+ worldwide and by Hulu in the United States.[6]

Personal life

Silbers former wife Joleita, who inspired his film My Last Day Without You, died from cancer in 2013.[7] He reflected on his family's grief journey in his children's book The Cloud In Our House (Die Wolke Unterm Dach), which was released in Germany in 2022.[8]

Filmography

Theatrical

  • 2022: Cloud In The Attic (writer, story)
  • 2017: I'm Off Then (writer)
  • 2015: The Trapp Family – A Life Of Music (writer)
  • 2015: Azure (short; director, producer)
  • 2013: Banklady (writer)
  • 2013: Hanni & Nanni 3 (writer)
  • 2012: Hanni & Nanni 2 (writer)
  • 2011: My Last Day Without You (writer, producer)
  • 2010: Devil's Kickers (writer)
  • 2010: The Albanian (writer)
  • 2010: Young Goethe in Love (script consultant)
  • 2008: My Mother's Tears (writer)
  • 2008: North Face (writer)
  • 2007: Arranged (script consultant)
  • 2007: Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (script consultant)
  • 2006: Ice Wind (short; writer, director, actor)
  • 2004: The Ring Thing (writer, producer)
  • 2003: Good Bye, Lenin! (collaborator on screenplay)
  • 2001: Julietta (writer)
  • 2001: Brooklyn Bridge (short; writer)

Television

  • 2024: Perfect Match (writer)
  • 2023: The Gifted Family (writer)
  • 2023: Sam: A Saxon (miniseries, co-creator & head writer)
  • 2022: 5 Hours - The Miracle of Cape Town (writer)
  • 2019: Walpurgis Night (miniseries, creator & writer)
  • 2017: Balaton Residence (miniseries, co-creator & writer)
  • 2016: Rivals Forever (miniseries, co-creator & writer)
  • 2015: The New Girl (writer)
  • 2014: Dresden Homicide (crime series; creator & head writer)
  • 2012: A Day for a Miracle (writer)
  • 2011: Girl on the Ocean Floor (writer)
  • 2010: Love Is Just a Word (writer)
  • 2006-today: Tatort (crime series; writer & head writer)
  • 2006–2010: Der Kriminalist (crime series; writer & head writer)
  • 2004: My Best Years (series; head writer)
  • 2000: Trivial Pursuit (writer)

Awards and nominations

Wins

Nominations

References

  1. ^ "Handbook DDR im Film". May 2023.
  2. ^ "New York Public Library Tosca Vienna Burgtheater Entry". January 2024.
  3. ^ Holden, Stephen (29 January 2010). "New York Times North Face Review". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Die Welt Die Quoten-Hits Aller Tatort-Folgen". November 2015.
  5. ^ "Fate Or Just Love". 15 October 2011.
  6. ^ "hulu Press Release Sam - A Saxon". May 2023.
  7. ^ "Beyond Black & White My Last Day Without You Creator loses wife". 18 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Chris Silber Die Wolke Unterm Dach".
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