---
name: "Christoph Silber"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-silber"
fi1m_id: "chris-silber"
imdb_id: "nm1557910"
tmdb_id: 64252
wikidata_id: "Q98512"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 April 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-22T04:07:50.047992+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."
---

# Christoph Silber

## Identity

Christoph Silber

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-silber
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-silber
- **IMDb ID:** nm1557910
- **TMDB ID:** 64252
- **Wikidata ID:** Q98512
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Silber, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98512, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1557910/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64252

Writer. Born 26 April 1971 in Berlin, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 April 1971, Berlin, Germany
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Also known as:** Chris Silber, Chris Martin Silber
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Silber, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98512, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1557910/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64252

## Coming up

- *Drive - The Pretenders* (2026-10-28), Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/drive-the-pretenders.md)

## Biography

Chris Silber is a German-American screenwriter, producer and filmmaker who works in both English and German. Often credited as Christoph Silber or Chris Martin Silber, he was born in Berlin in 1971 and raised bilingually between Berlin and London.

Silber collaborated on the screenplay for the 2003 comedy-drama *Good Bye, Lenin!*, which received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. His other film credits include the 2008 mountaineering drama *North Face* and the 2015 road movie *I'm Off Then*. He co-created and served as head writer on the Disney+/Hulu miniseries *Sam - A Saxon* (2023).

Silber has also written for German television series such as *Tatort* and received recognition including an International Emmy Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/good-bye-lenin.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Drive - The Pretenders* (2026), Writer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/drive-the-pretenders.md)
- *Perfect Match* (2024), Co-Writer
- *Ein Regenbogen zu Weihnachten* (2023), Writer
- *Sam: A Saxon* (2023), series, Writer, Creator
- *Das Wunder von Kapstadt* (2022), Screenplay
- *Cloud Under the Roof* (2022), Original Story
- *Walpurgisnacht* (2019), series, Writer
- *Gott ist auch nur ein Mensch* (2017), Writer
- *Honey Girls* (2017), series, Script, Writer
- *Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle* (2017), series, Writer
- *I'm Off Then* (2015), Screenplay
- *The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music* (2015), Writer
- *Schwanensee* (2015), Writer
- *Die Neue* (2015), Book
- *Blauwasserleben* (2015), Writer
- *Banklady* (2013), Screenplay
- *Hanni & Nanni 3* (2013), Writer
- *Hanni & Nanni 2* (2012), Writer
- *Das Mädchen auf dem Meeresgrund* (2011), Screenplay
- *The Miracle of Carinthia* (2011), Writer
- *My Last Day Without You* (2011), Writer
- *The Albanian* (2010), Writer
- *Liebe ist nur ein Wort* (2010), Writer
- *The Devil's Kickers* (2010), Screenplay
- *North Face* (2008), Writer
- *Berlin-Buenos Aires* (2008), Writer
- *Wie man sich umbringt ohne zu sterben* (2007), Director
- *The Ring Thing* (2004), Author, Producer
- *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/good-bye-lenin.md)
- *Wenn Männer Frauen trauen* (2000), Writer
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, Writer
- *Göggingen*, Writer

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