Award-winning journalists and filmmakers Jamie Coughlin Silverman and Gabriel Silverman founded SideXSide Studio in 2015 with a vision: create entertaining, script-flipping stories that make people question their perspectives, and open new doors to understanding and exploration.

Since then, they’ve created internationally-renowned original films, live experiences, museum exhibitions, and brand-commissioned content with Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, museum design firms, and film distributors. 

Select Awards

SELECT AWARDS

News and Documentary EmmysTwo-time nominees

SXSW 2025 Official Selection |The Spies Among Us

Warsaw International Film Festival Best Documentary Feature award |The Spies Among Us

New Hampshire Film Festival Jury Award Documentary |The Spies Among Us

American Advertising awardsThree-time winners

Do GooderNominee | Best Nonprofit Video

SNOWDANCE Independent Film Festival Essen Best Direction award | The Spies Among Us

Minneapolis St Paul Film Festival Best of Fest Selection | The Spies Among Us

SIMA AwardsSocial Impact Media Awards Finalist | The Spies Among Us

2019 Special Recognition Award, 2016 Nominee Outstanding Digital Journalism
Edward R. Murrow Award 2015Investigative Reporting
Capital EmmysFour-time winner

IMPACT DOCS AWARDS Award of Excellence | Finding Us

White House News Photographer Association1st place, Documentary
Florida Film Festival 2018Grand Jury award | TransMilitary
HUMANITASNominee, Best Documentary | TransMilitary

Cleveland International Film Festival Honorable Mention | The Spies Among Us

SIMA AwardsJury Prize | TransMilitary
SXSW 2018 | Audience AwardTransMilitary
NCGLFFJury Award Winner | TransMilitary
Q filmsAudience Award | TransMilitary
Napa Valley Film FestivalGrand Jury Award | TransMilitary
Napa Valley Film FestivalAudience Award | TransMilitary
Vimeo Staff PickTransgender, at War and in Love