Person Details
Birthday: 1952-07-14 21:11:15
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: South Orange, New Jersey, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 114
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joel Silver (born July 14, 1952) is an American film producer, known for action films like Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. He is owner of Silver Pictures and co-founder of Dark Castle Entertainment. Silver grew up in South Orange, New Jersey, the son of a writer and a public relations executive. He attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, where he is credited with inventing the sport of Ultimate (then known as "Ultimate Frisbee"). In 1970, he entered Lafayette College, where he formed the first collegiate Ultimate team. He finished his undergraduate studies at the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Silver began his career at Lawrence Gordon Productions, where he eventually became president of motion pictures for the company. He earned his first screen credit as the associate producer on The Warriors and, with Gordon, produced 48 Hrs.,Streets of Fire and Brewster's Millions. In 1985, he formed Silver Pictures and produced successful action films such as Commando (1985), the Lethal Weapon franchise, the first two films of the Die Hard series and the The Matrix franchise of action films. Silver appears on-screen at the beginning of Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Raoul J. Raoul, the director of the animated short Something's Cookin. Silver directed "Split Personality", (1992), an episode of the HBO horror anthology, Tales from the Crypt. He currently runs two production companies, Silver Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainment co-owned by Robert Zemeckis. Along with Jared Kass, Silver was co-creator of the sport of Ultimate. On July 10, 1999, Silver married his production assistant Karyn Fields. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joel Silver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Veronica Mars
(2004) Executive ProducerRoad House
(2024) ProducerThe Matrix
(1999) ProducerPredator
(1987) ProducerTales from the Crypt
(1989) Executive ProducerSuburbicon
(2017) Executive ProducerPredator 2
(1990) ProducerThe Losers
(2010) ProducerActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
2013 | Self | |
2010 | Self | |
2005 | Self | |
2004 | Himself | |
N/A | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
Himself | ||
2003 | Self | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
2002 | Self | |
2001 | Self - Producer | |
1999 | Self | |
1989 | Crypt Keeper's Chainsaw Victim | |
1988 | Raoul | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
2024 | Producer | |
2018 | Producer | |
2017 | Executive Producer | |
2016 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
2014 | Executive Producer | |
Producer | ||
2013 | Executive Producer | |
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
2012 | Executive Producer | |
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
2011 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
2010 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
2009 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
2008 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
2007 | Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
2006 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
2005 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
2004 | Executive Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
2003 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
2002 | Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
2001 | Executive Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
2000 | Executive Producer | |
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
1999 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
1998 | Producer | |
1997 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
1996 | Executive Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
1995 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
1994 | Producer | |
1993 | Producer | |
1992 | Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
1991 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
1990 | Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
1989 | Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
Producer | ||
1988 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
1987 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
1986 | Producer | |
1985 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
1984 | Producer | |
1982 | Producer | |
Executive Producer | ||
1980 | Co-Producer | |
1979 | Associate Producer | |
1978 | Executive Producer's Assistant | |
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Producer | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
1989 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
1981 | Creative Consultant | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |