The Spies Among Us

Co-Directors

Jamie Coughlin Silverman, Gabriel Silverman

Executive Producer

Nancy Blachman

Producers

Jamie Coughlin Silverman, Gabriel Silverman

Consulting Producers

Andrea Meditch, Lance Kramer

Archival Producers

Stephen Maier, Monika Preischl

Editor

Gernot Grassl

Consulting Editor

Co-Editor

Assistant Editor

Cinematographer

Gabriel Silverman

Additional Cinematography

Music

Marcus Nigsch

Sound

Narration

Contact

Jamie Coughlin Silverman, SideXSide Studios jamie@sidexsidestudios.com

A rare look into the inner workings of a data-driven surveillance state run by one of the most feared secret police forces the world has ever known— East Germany’s Stasi.

THE SPIES AMONG US is a personal investigation into family secrets by Peter Keup, a Stasi victim-turned-historian that takes a turn after he contacts the men who ran the system. These are the first conversations of their kind between Stasi officers and a victim.

Through these meetings, a terrifying mosaic is built of the lengths to which people go to maintain power in a dictatorship, as well as the indomitable human spirit that seeks truth and self-determination.

Post-screening discussion with co-directors Jamie Coughlin Silverman and Gabriel Silverman, along with film participant Peter Keup. Moderated by Dr. Hope M. Harrison, Professor of History and International Affairs at the George Washington University.

Co-Director, The Spies Among Us

Jamie Coughlin Silverman is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and journalist. The Spies Among Us is her directorial debut. Jamie wrote and produced Transmilitary, which won the Audience Award for best documentary at SXSW in 2018, and went on to broadcast on Logo TV and stream on Amazon Prime. Her New York Times Op-Docs short precursor, Transgender, At War and In Love, was nominated for an Emmy and helped to change federal policy under the Obama administration. Her work has been supported by the International Documentary Association, Catapult Film Fund, Miller/Packan Film Fund, GLAAD Media Institute, Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, Film Independent, The Gotham, and the Frameline Completion Fund. Jamie is the recipient of a GLAAD Media Award and White House News Photographers Award for Best Documentary. She is an alumnus of the IFP Documentary Lab, Film Independent/CNN Docuseries Lab, and RIAS Fellowship.

Co-Director, The Spies Among Us

Gabriel Silverman is a two-time Emmy-nominated director and journalist. Silverman’s debut feature, Transmilitary, won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at SXSW in 2018, aired on Logo TV, and is streaming on Amazon Prime. His New York Times Op-Docs precursor, Transgender, At War and In Love, was nominated for an Emmy Award and helped to change federal policy under the Obama administration. Silverman was named among the 10 Filmmakers to Watch list by The Independent in 2018. He began his career at The Washington Post as a video journalist. He has won more than a dozen awards for his reporting and filmmaking, including an Edward R. Murrow Award for his investigative work, a White House News Photographers Award for Best Documentary, and a GLAAD Media Award. Silverman is an alum of the IFP Documentary Lab, Film Independent/CNN Docuseries Lab, and RIAS Fellowship.