Jason Silva

Jason Silva is a Venezuelan-American filmmaker, philosopher, television personality, and public speaker whose stated goal is to use technology to excite people about science and philosophy.

Described as "a Timothy Leary of the viral video age,” Silva lectures internationally on topics such as creativity, disruptive technologies, and humanity. He writes and produces short films and was the host of National Geographic's #1 rated series "Brain Games," which premiered to the highest ratings in the channel's history. He is also the host of the eight-part series "Origins: The Journey of Humankind."

A self-professed wonderjunkie, Silva is the creator of the web series "Shots of Awe," micro-documentaries exploring creativity, innovation, technology, futurism, metaphysics, existentialism, and the human condition. These videos, which “play like movie trailers for ideas,” according to The Atlantic, have been viewed more than 40 million times. Influencers such as Ron Howard, Richard Branson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tribeca Films Co-founder Jane Rosenthal, actor Mark Ruffalo, NASA, and many others have tweeted Silva's videos.

From 2005 to 2011, Silva was a presenter on Current TV, the Emmy-winning, independent cable network started by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, where he hosted, wrote, and produced more than 100 hours of original content. He left the network to become, according to The Atlantic, “a part-time filmmaker and full-time walking, talking TEDTalk.”

Silva has spoken at multiple high-profile events and companies worldwide, including TEDGlobal, Google's Zeitgeist Conference, Microsoft, IBM, Adobe, Oracle, Electronic Arts, Honeywell, PEPSICO, Intel, Dolby, and more. He has been featured in publications such as The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, The Economist, Forbes, and Wired, and has appeared at significant forums like the Tribeca Film Festival, The Sydney Opera House, The Economist Ideas Festival, and the CANNES LIONS Festival of Creativity.

Additionally, Silva's skills in delivering talks focus on expanding our associative nets and looking for patterns across disparate areas, a topic that resonates with audiences involved in data science, analytics, futurism, trend forecasting, and innovation. He is based in New York.