---
name: "Abe Sylvia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/abe-sylvia"
fi1m_id: "abe-sylvia"
imdb_id: "nm0843281"
tmdb_id: 559299
wikidata_id: "Q114273688"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T02:26:26.406619+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Abe Sylvia

## Identity

Abe Sylvia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/abe-sylvia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** abe-sylvia
- **IMDb ID:** nm0843281
- **TMDB ID:** 559299
- **Wikidata ID:** Q114273688
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114273688, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/559299

Writer. Born in Oklahoma, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Also known as:** エイブ・シルビア, Abraham Sylvia
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114273688, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/559299

## Biography

Abe Sylvia is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He grew up in Oklahoma and began his career in theatre, appearing in the Broadway production of *The Producers* (2005).

Sylvia wrote the screenplay for the 2021 biographical film *The Eyes of Tammy Faye*. His other credits include writing for the series *The Affair* (2014) and *Dead to Me* (2019), and directing episodes of *Nurse Jackie* (2009–2015) and *Hap and Leonard* (2016–2018). He created, wrote and directed the series *Palm Royale* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, creativescreenwriting.com, motionpictures.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* (2021), Fi1m 60, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-eyes-of-tammy-faye.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Palm Royale* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Teleplay, Creator
- *George & Tammy* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* (2021), Writer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-eyes-of-tammy-faye.md)
- *Filthy Rich* (2020), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Dead to Me* (2019), series, Director, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Hap and Leonard* (2016), series, Director
- *The Affair* (2014), series, Writer, Story, Teleplay
- *Dirty Girl* (2010), Director, Writer
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), series, Producer, Supervising Producer, Director
- *Pearl Harbor* (2001), as Baja Sailor #4
- *Dinner with Audrey*, Director

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