Marisa Silver
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Biography
Filmography
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Biography
While this director is the daughter of a film family, she has sought to earn her own way: her father is producer Raphael Silver; her mother director Joan Micklin Silver. Marisa Silver got her start while attending Harvard, where she directed the short "Dexter T" (1977) and edited the documentary "Light Coming Through: A Portrait of Maud Morgan." In 1982, she co-directed (with Peter Davis) the Emmy-nominated PBS "Middletown" segment "A Community of Praise," which profiled a Christian Fundamentalist group. Thereafter, Silver's TV experience was limited to directing a 1992 episode of "L.A. Law" (NBC) and a USA Network telefilm "Indecency" (also 1992).
Her big-screen debut came with the Sundance-sponsored film "Old Enough" (1984), co-produced with her sister, Dina. Silver both wrote and directed this small, charming film about the friendship between a rich girl and a poor girl in New York. Her second film, "Permanent Record" (1988), featured a young Keanu Reeves in a drama about teen suicide. She stayed with the people-oriented genre with "Vital Signs" (199), a drama about a group of medical students. Silver's first co-directing project (with Ken Kwapis) was the high-concept "He Said, She Said" (1991), a battle of the sexes comedy shown alternately from the view of the man (Kevin Bacon) and the woman (Elizabeth Perkins).
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Writer (Feature Film)
Life Events
1977
Made first film, a 20-minute documentary, while at Harvard
1982
Co-directed TV special, "A Community of Praise" (PBS)
1984
Feature screenwriting and directing debut, "Old Enough"
1991
Co-directed "He Said, She Said" with Ken Kwapis
1992
TV directing debut, episode of "L.A. Law" (NBC)
1992
TV-movie directorial debut "Indecency" (USA Network)
2000
Published short story in <i>The New Yorker</i>
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