NYC-Based Film & Commercial Producer

Silvia Chen is a film and commercial producer based in New York City.
She has produced 50+ TV commercials and award-winning narrative short films showcased at Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, and Cannes. Originally from Taiwan, Silvia brings a global perspective and storytelling approach to every project.

She has been an international film and television producer for more than a decade and has left an indelible mark in the world of media production. With over 50 TV commercials broadcast across Asia, her portfolio boasts collaborations with multi-national powerhouses  such as Audi, Mazda, Sony, and P&G culminating in the achievement of the Best Music Video award at the 2019 Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan, for her production of the music video ‘Slow / Oriental’ by Sunset Rollercoaster.   

A Columbia University alumna, Silvia earned her MFA in Creative Producing. Following her MFA, she worked on films that showcased at Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, and Cannes. She collaborates with writer-directors throughout all stages of production—from script development and pre-production to shooting, post-production, and film festival runs—bringing films from script to screen while coordinating the creative, logistical, and budgetary elements. Her role as lead producer on several award-winning short films has brought these works to numerous international festivals. Silvia’s repertoire, spanning short films and commercial productions, has recently broadened to include feature films. In 2023, her collaboration with a Sundance and Independent Spirit Award-winning producer on a feature film marked this significant milestone in her career.

Raised in Taiwan and fluent in Mandarin, Taiwanese, and English; Chen’s multicultural perspective has been instrumental in her international collaborations. Her journey from Taiwan to the heart of New York’s film industry serves as an inspiring testament to dedication and practiced skill in the world of film and television production.  

Her most recent work, an indie feature in collaboration with eight filmmakers, consists of short pieces woven together by a common theme—illusions, connected by bridges that lead from one story to the next. The stories blur the lines between the real and the imagined in order to explore how our perceptions shape our understanding of the world.

Sometimes whimsical, sometimes frank, her work seeks to impart her view that filmmaking as an artform can elevate our perception from the discursive to the immediate, creating a narrative space where our shared humanity becomes undeniable.