JESSICA SILVETTI

ABOUT JESSICA

 

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Jessica Silvetti is a writer and director, whose distinctive voice is a result of her unconventional upbringing. Originally from Mexico City, of Spanish descent, and raised in the US, she's been shaped by different cultures and views life through a bilingual lens. Her love for storytelling expands across genres and languages.

She attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and received a BFA in Drama. To date she has written, produced, and directed projects that have been screened at festivals worldwide. In 2017, she received a Breaking Boundaries Visionary Women’s Award for her bilingual narrative web series, LOST MEMORIES, spotlighting Alzheimer’s disease and the Latino community. The series spans three seasons and 24 episodes.

 

IN ABSENTIA, an anthology series she wrote, produced, and directed with creative partner, E.B. Kogan, received numerous awards and nominations, including a Best Writing Jury nomination at the 2017 RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. In 2018 it was nominated by the International Academy of Web Television Awards for Best Directing, Best Writing, and Best Drama Series. In 2019 it received four Indie Series Awards nominations including Best Series and Best Directing.

 

Jessica also penned the full length play LAURA, for which she won an Ebell of Los Angeles Playwright Prize in 2016. In January of 2020, LAURA premiered at the Santa Monica Playhouse as part of their Benefit Series. This marked Silvetti’s directorial debut in theatre. Her screenplay, IZABELA’S VIOLIN, which Jessica plans on directing, has advanced in many competitions: top 10% 2017 Academy Nicholl Fellowship, 2018 Quarterfinalist Coppola’s Zoetrope Contest, 2019 Screencraft Film Fund Semi-Finalist, 2021 Almanack Screenwriters Feature Semi-Finalist, and 2022 Slamdance Quarterfinalist.

 

Her latest short film, INSIDE, has had a successful two year run at various film festivals including: Chelsea Film Festival in NYC and the Burbank International Film Festival in Los Angeles. The film was recently picked up for distribution by 7 Palms Entertainment.

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Silvetti previously wrote on two seasons of the hit Mexican TV series EL JUEGO DE LAS LLAVES for Corazón Films and Amazon Prime – the series is available in 92 countries. Most recently she wrote for a one-hour suspense drama in development for Campanario Entertainment (Selena the TV series).

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Jessica is constantly developing projects with a passion and emphasis on creating complex and diverse characters for women. She is a member of the Alliance of Women Directors, Chicana Directors Initiative, and Film Fatales. Silvetti is also Co-Founder of Light & Shadow Pictures.