
Semifinalist, 2025 JumpStart Writing Competition
BIO
SAMANTHA SILVAY is a New York City-born, LA-based screenwriter. She received her M.F.A. in Screenwriting from AFI. After her pilot THE GREAT BRIDGE's successful stint of being hosted on the Black List, she was chosen to be a part of the 2021 CannesFilm Unlimited Residency program. During this program, she developed an AXE FOR THE FROZEN SEA. She went on to workshop this script further during the Summer 2024 Rocaberti Writers' Retreat. Her scripts are female-driven, world-building focused, and play with societal expectations and perceptions.