Jason Luis Silva is an Emmy-nominated and world-renowned TV personality, storyteller, filmmaker, and sought-after keynote speaker and futurist. Silva is known for hosting 5 seasons of the Emmy-nominated, global hit TV series Brain Games, on the National Geographic Channel, broadcasted in over 171 countries. His inspirational videos, Shots of Awe, have received over 100 million views across social platforms.  The videos explore topics such as futurism, technology, creativity, the science of awe, disruptive innovation, relationships, and mental health. [1]

Most recently, Silva hosted the global miniseries ORIGINS: The Journey Of Humankind, on the National Geographic Channel. A global keynote speaker, he has given talks at events for Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Oracle, Adobe, Electronic Arts, Cannes Lions, Tribeca Film Festival, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, 20th Century Fox, Cosmopolitan, PHD Worldwide, Google Zeitgeist, TED Global, The Economist, and more. [1]

Silva was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and lived in a household "akin to a Woody Allen film" with lots of humor and love for art and theater. Inspired by Charles Baudelaire's Hashish House, Silva's obsession with filmmaking and documentation started as a teenager when he hosted "salons" at his house to discuss ideas. Filming became his preferred way to memorialize what he calls "ecstatic moments;" for Silva, it is not enough to "feel" the experience. These moments need to be "narrated in real-time." The Atlantic has called Silva, "A Timothy Leary of the Viral Video Age." [2]

Silva currently lives in Amsterdam.

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