Sylvie is a director of German-Dominican descent whose films explore questions of belonging. Exploring characters at challenging intersections of the human experience, her films probe the vast, mystical range of emotions that characters feel. Often anchored in historical events, Sylvie's films employ surrealism as a means to find meaning. These genre-bending stories reimagine freedom, resilience, and urgent contemporary moral issues.
Sylvie holds a Philosophy Master’s degree from the University of Vienna and studied Audio-Visual Production at SIMC in Pune, India.
Her films have screened at festivals and institutions worldwide, including Tribeca, Black Star Film Festival, BAM, LA Film Forum, University of Stanford, Pacific Film Archive and Museo Italiano Audiovisivo e Cinema.
As a commercial director with over a decade of experience, Sylvie has worked with some of the world’s leading brands like Nike, Lufthansa, DAZN, OnePlus, Bose, My/Mochi, Ayede, Dr.Hauschka.
In 2023, Sylvie participated in Playlab Films Creator's Lab with Apichatpong Weerasethakul in Mexico.
She was a 2025 Indeed/Hillman Grad Rising Voices Filmmaker and is currently developing her debut feature which was selected for the Austrian Film Institute’s Talent Lab.
