E.B. Kogan & Jessica Silvetti are a married, award-winning writing and directing team, who have been collaborating for over a decade. To date they have written, directed and produced numerous film projects including the shorts: Happy for Nothing, Poor Man’s Mermaid, The Abandoned Zoo, as well as their feature film Problem of Evil. Their short film anthology series, IN ABSENTIA, which they co-wrote and co-directed, made the international festival rounds racking up several accolades including a Best Writing nomination at the 25th RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL in London. The series received three nominations from the INT’L ACADEMY OF WEB TELEVISION AWARDS including: Best Drama Series, Best Directing and Best Writing.
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Jessica Silvetti is a writer-director whose distinctive voice reflects her
multicultural upbringing. Born in Mexico City, of Spanish descent, and
raised in the US, her love of storytelling expands across genres and languages.
Most recently, Silvetti wrote for two seasons of the hit Mexican TV series, El Juego de las Llaves (Amazon Prime), streaming in 92 countries. She then wrote for a suspense drama in development at Campanario Entertainment (Selena: The Series). Her latest short film, Inside, had a successful two-year run at various film festivals including Chelsea Film Festival in NYC and the Burbank International Film Festival in Los Angeles. The film was recently picked up for distribution by 7 Palms Entertainment.
Jessica got her start earning a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and has since written, directed and produced projects that have screened at festivals worldwide. In 2017, she received a Breaking Boundaries Visionary Women’s Award for Lost Memories, a narrative web series spotlighting Alzheimer’s in the Latino community. The series spans three seasons and 24 episodes. Her full-length play, Laura, won an Ebell of Los Angeles Playwright Prize in 2016 and premiered in 2020 at the Santa Monica Playhouse, marking her stage directorial debut.
Silvetti is a member of the Alliance of Women Directors, Chicana Directors Initiative, Film Fatales, and is Co-Founder of Light & Shadow Pictures. She’s currently a fellow of AWD's 2025 Mentor Latina Directors Fellowship.
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E.B. Kogan has over a decade of industry experience. As a writer,
director, editor, and producer, his work bridges the worlds of major
studios and independent film with equal passion and ingenuity. With hands-on understanding of the entire post-production pipeline, he has lent his skills to broadcast, streaming, and theatrical projects. His work as an associate producer on the indie-horror festival hit In Our Blood (Utopia) and as an editor on the popular series Empire (Fox), Ordinary Joe (NBC), Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+) and the feature film Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (3Pas) showcase his sense of fearlessness in storytelling.
A Los Angeles native, his creative expression is deeply rooted in his Lithuanian-Jewish heritage and enriched by a lifelong fascination with cultural mysticism. Trained in theater at the University of Michigan, RADA in London, and with The Actors’ Gang in LA, he is committed to developing projects that challenge conventions and inspire audiences around the globe.