2023
The Adventures of Theo's Star (series bible + pilot script)
2022
A Monster To Kill (short film - in production)
2021
Love Is Not Tourism (short screenplay)
2020
Through Me, Across An Ocean (feature screenplay) – Second Rounder Austin 2020
2019
The Adventures of Theo's Star (animated short film) – Best Animated Short Long Beach Festival
The Newest Job In The World (short screenplay) – Second Rounder Austin 2019
2018
Rebound (pilot screenplay) – Finalist at Abram's Catalyst Festival / Second Rounder Austin 2018
2017
27 Bullets (feature screenplay)
2016
Cats, Donuts & Roses (feature screenplay)
H.D.R. (pilot screenplay)
2015
The Christmas of the Century (feature screenplay)
2013
In Between (feature screenplay)
2011
Move to Los Angeles
2010
Colors Under A Cloud (short film, France)
2009
Un Autre Soir / Another Night (short film, France)
2005
Cette Petite Lueur / This Little Spark (short film, France)
2004
S'accrocher au Sourire / Hold On To The Smile (short film, France)
FILMOGRAPHY
2023 The Adventures of Theo's Star (series bible + pilot script)
2022 A Monster To Kill (short film - in production)
2021 Love Is Not Tourism (short screenplay) – Second Rounder Austin 2021
2020 Through Me, Across An Ocean (feature screenplay) – Second Rounder Austin 2020
2019 The Adventures of Theo's Star (animated short film) – Best Animated Short Long Beach Festival
The Newest Job In The World (short screenplay) – Second Rounder Austin 2019
2018 Rebound (pilot screenplay) – Finalist at Abram's Catalyst Festival / Second Rounder Austin 2018
2017 27 Bullets (feature screenplay)
2016 Move to New York
Cats, Donuts & Roses (feature screenplay)
H.D.R. (pilot screenplay)
2015 The Christmas of the Century (feature screenplay)
2013 In Between (feature screenplay)
2011 Move to Los Angeles
2010 Colors Under A Cloud (short film, France)
2009 Un Autre Soir / Another Night (short film, France)
2005 Cette Petite Lueur / This Little Spark (short film, France)
2004 S'accrocher au Sourire / Hold On To The Smile (short film, France)
BIO
Matthieu Silberstein is at a stage in his career where his biography should still be written in the first person! 🙂
After receiving a film degree from La Sorbonne, I won a scholarship to study at NYU for a summer. There, I met an American girl. Long story short: she moved to Paris, we moved to LA, and we now live in New York with a couple of kids.
Paris is where my roots are anchored. It’s where I learned how to walk, talk and write. It’s where I discovered in the small movie theaters of the Latin Quarter the films of Chaplin, Lubitsch, Capra, Mankiewicz, Kubrick… And in bigger ones those of Spielberg, Mendes, Anderson, the Coen Brothers, Gondry, S.Coppola, Burton, Nolan, Luhrmann, Fincher… The streets and cafés of Paris were my first sets.
New York is where I learned how to walk for a second time. It’s where I learned to really look at the world around me and frame it, where I learned how to fall in love, where I felt free like never before.
Los Angeles is where I learned to see and think bigger (I guess that’s what California does to you!) and therefore, where I learned how to write for a second time.
I live in New York now. It’s not always easy to find time to go to the theater when you have young children so my flat screen TV is where I’m now discovering the films and TV series of Iñàrritu, Chazelle, Vallée, Carney, DuVernay, Villeneuve… and always listening to the words of Sorkin.
With 5 short films under my belt, I’ve participated in more than a dozen film festivals on both continents (most recently Burbank, St Louis and Montclair) My last four scripts placed in the top 15% at the Austin Screenplay Competition, for which I’m now a reader. I was also a finalist at the Abrams Agency’s Catalyst Script Competition in 2019. My essays have been featured on Fatherly and Medium.
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Here’s my email: matthieu@nypala.com