Fern Silva, a multifaceted artist born in 1982 in the United States and Portugal, embarked on his creative journey as an editor and cameraperson in New York City. His early cinematic endeavors revolved around his personal connection to Portugal, gradually expanding to encompass the far-reaching consequences of industry on culture and the environment.
Throughout his illustrious career spanning over a decade, Silva's 16mm films have been showcased extensively in numerous prestigious festivals, museums, and cinematheques worldwide, including the Media City, Toronto, Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam, New York, London, Melbourne, and Hong Kong International Film Festivals, as well as prominent institutions such as MOMA PS1, New Museum, Anthology Film Archive, and the Harvard Film Archive.
His exceptional work has garnered recognition through prestigious awards from the Ann Arbor Film Festival, 25FPS Festival, and the Agora Post-Production Award from the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Fern Silva's cinematic expertise has been featured in prominent publications like Cinema Scope, Filmmaker Magazine, and Film Comment. Furthermore, he has shared his knowledge and skills by teaching filmmaking at esteemed institutions such as the University of Illinois at Chicago, Bard College, and Bennington College.
Throughout his career, Silva has received generous support from the Jerome Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, MacDowell, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. His academic background includes film studies at the Massachusetts College of Art and Bard College, as well as a fellowship at the Film Study Center at Harvard University.
