Peter Sillen is a New York-based documentary filmmaker directing portraits of an array of individuals living and working outside stereotypical 9-to-5 situations. His latest film Love Machina Premiered at the 2024 Sundance film Festival. Sillen’s for SNY on the 1969 Jets, Mets and Knicks championships won an Emmy and his ESPN 30 for 30 Unhittable: Sidd Finch and the Tibetan Fastball based on a beloved George Plimpton article was nominated for an Emmy award. Benjamin Smoke, a collaboration with fellow filmmaker Jem Cohen, Premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and was nominated for an IFP Independent Spirit award as well as a Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Documentary Association. Sillen’s work has premiered at prestigious festivals around the world including Sundance, Berlin, Rotterdam, SXSW, etc. He teamed up with Kelly Reichardt in 2006 as cinematographer on Old Joy which Manohla Dargis named one of the 10 best American films of the year.