Marc Silver

About my company

www.marcsilver.net
I’m currently directing a documentary film set at the US / Mexico border with Gael Garcia Bernal, am creative director across all mediums for Jamie Cullum, and creating a 360 degrees video installation.

In 1999, as one of the pioneer directors to use digital video as a means of telling stories that otherwise would not be heard, I made a seminal film on the anti-globalisation movement for the BBC called Global Protest. I went on to direct films for other broadcasters including the first on the Burning Man festival’s philosophical roots (Ch 4), as well as an experimental documentary about indigenous people’s views on colonialism screened on Maori TV.

Itching to push my work further I co-founded the small creative agency YeastCulture and collaborated worldwide with artists including Matthew Herbert, Faithless, Nitin Sawhney, The Beastie Boys, Michael Nyman, Ben Okri, Cirque du Soleil and Jamie Cullum. These projects ranged from creative directing to music videos, visual albums, animations and live concert visuals.

Since 2007 I’ve focussed on films as a force for change, as inspiration to take action. The first of these was about a 70 year old porn actress who challenges our assumptions about sex, and the second was a multi screen video installation about the power of collaborative crowds (with music by Ben Frost) which is currently touring the world.

A decade after I began my career, I’m directing documentary films that work with online communities, NGO’s, charities and foundations to not just reflect on, but actually effect issues. The first of these is Resist, a film with Gael Garcia Bernal challenging the Wall that is being built between Mexico and the USA, and the second is The Games which is documenting the opportunities the London Olympics creates, as seen through the eyes of young people living locally in one of the poorest boroughs in the UK.

My Role

Documentary Director