Joel Silver

Produttore, Attore, Regista

14 luglio 1952 (73 anni)
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.

He 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.

He appears on-screen at the beginning of Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Raoul J. Raoul, the director of the animated short Something's Cookin. He 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.

Film e Serie su Plex

  • Ipotesi di complotto
    Ipotesi di complotto1997
  • Veronica Mars
    Veronica Mars3 stagioni
  • Decisione critica
    Decisione critica1996
  • Osmosis Jones
    Osmosis Jones2001
  • Dungeons & Dragons - Che il gioco abbia inizio
    Dungeons & Dragons - Che il gioco abbia inizio2000
  • Moonlight - Chiaro di luna
    Moonlight - Chiaro di luna1 stagione
  • Collo d'acciaio
    Collo d'acciaio1978
  • Enemies Closer - Nemici giurati
    Enemies Closer - Nemici giurati2013
  • Jane Doe - La fuggitiva
    Jane Doe - La fuggitiva2001
  • Double Tap
    Double Tap1997
  • W.E.I.R.D. World
    W.E.I.R.D. World1995
  • Next Action Star
    Next Action Star1 stagione

Famoso per

  • Matrix
    Matrix1999
  • Matrix Reloaded
    Matrix Reloaded2003
  • Sherlock Holmes - Gioco di ombre
    Sherlock Holmes - Gioco di ombre2011
  • Predator
    Predator1987
  • 58 minuti per morire - Die Harder
    58 minuti per morire - Die Harder1990
  • Trappola di cristallo
    Trappola di cristallo1988
  • Sherlock Holmes
    Sherlock Holmes2009
  • Matrix Revolutions
    Matrix Revolutions2003
  • Commando
    Commando1985
  • Arma letale 4
    Arma letale 41998
  • V per Vendetta
    V per Vendetta2006
  • Arma letale
    Arma letale1987
  • Unknown - Senza identità
    Unknown - Senza identità2011
  • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang2005
  • Codice Genesi
    Codice Genesi2010
  • La donna esplosiva
    La donna esplosiva1985
  • I 13 spettri
    I 13 spettri2001
  • Predator 2
    Predator 21990
  • Arma letale 2
    Arma letale 21989
  • Non-Stop
    Non-Stop2014

Filmografia

2024
2021
2018
2017
Suburbicon · as Executive Producer
2016
2016
2014
Veronica Mars · as Executive Producer
2014
2013
Enemies Closer · as Executive ProducerSu Plex
2013
Getaway · as Executive Producer
2012
Bullet to the Head · as Executive Producer
2012
2012
2012
The Philly Kid · as Executive Producer
2012
El Gringo · as Executive Producer
2012
2012
2012
Transit · as Executive Producer
2012
Project X · as Executive Producer
2012
2011
2011
2010
2010
2009
2009
2009
Splice · as Executive Producer
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2007
2007
Return to House on Haunted Hill · as Executive Producer
2007
Moonlight · as Executive ProducerSu Plex
2007
2007
2007
2006
2005
2005
2005
2004
Veronica Mars · as Executive ProducerSu Plex
2004
Bet Your Life · as Executive Producer
2004
2003
2003
2003
The Animatrix: Kid's Story · as Executive Producer
2003
The Animatrix: Kid's Story · as Executive Producer
2003
2003
The Second Renaissance: Part II · as Executive Producer
2003
The Animatrix · as Executive Producer
2003
2003
The Animatrix: Program · as Executive Producer
2003
The Animatrix: A Detective Story · as Executive Producer
2003
2003
The Second Renaissance: Part I · as Executive Producer
2002
2002
Ritual · as Executive Producer
2001
Jane Doe · as Executive ProducerSu Plex
2001
The Matrix Revisited · as Executive Producer
2001
2001
2001
Proximity · as Executive Producer
2001
2000
Dungeons & Dragons · as Executive ProducerSu Plex
2000
2000
1999
1999
1999
Action · as Executive Producer
1999
1999
1998
1997
Double TapSu Plex
1997
1997
Perversions of Science · as Executive Producer
1997
1996
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants · as Executive Producer
1996
1996
Bordello of Blood · as Executive Producer
1996
1995
1995
1995
W.E.I.R.D. World · as Executive ProducerSu Plex
1995
1995
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight · as Executive Producer
1994
1993
1993
Tales From the Cryptkeeper · as Executive Producer
1992
1992
Two-Fisted Tales · as Executive Producer
1991
1991
1991
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special · as Executive Producer
1991
1990
1990
Parker Kane · as Executive Producer
1990
1990
1989
1989
Tales from the Crypt · as Executive Producer
1989
1988
1988
1987
1987
1986
1985
1985
1985
1984
1982
1982
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again · as Executive Producer
1980
Xanadu · as Co-Producer
1979
The Warriors · as Associate Producer
Forbidden Planet · as Executive Producer

2001
Osmosis Jones · as Police Chief (voice) (uncredited)Su Plex
1989
Tales from the Crypt · as Crypt Keeper's Chainsaw Victim
1988
1968

2025
Billy Idol Should Be Dead · as Self - Movie Producer, Streets Of Fire
2024
2013
2008
2007
2007
Xposé · as Self
2007
2007
2006
2006
2005
2005
2004
2004
2004
2004
Entourage · as Joel Silver
2004
2003
2003
2003
Punk'd · as Self
2002
Tinseltown TV · as Self
2002
2001
The Matrix Revisited · as Self - Producer
2000
1999
1999
Making the Video · as Self
1999
1998
1998
1996
1995
American Cinema · as Self
1992
HBO First Look · as Self
1992
1991
1991
Charlie Rose · as Self
1981
1971
Film · as Self

1978
Hooper · as Executive Producer's AssistantSu Plex
1976
The Bette Midler Show · as Producer's Assistant