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Joel Silver
Producer, Actor, Director, Additional CreditsBorn July 14, 1952 (72 years)
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.
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.
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| 2024 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Suburbicon · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2014 | Veronica Mars · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | Enemies Closer · as Executive Producer |
| 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 |
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| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Transit · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Project X · as Executive Producer |
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| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Splice · as Executive Producer |
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| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Return to House on Haunted Hill · as Executive Producer |
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| 2005 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2004 | Bet Your Life · as Executive Producer |
| 2004 | Next Action Star (TV Series) |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | The Animatrix: Kid's Story · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Matriculated · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | The Animatrix: Beyond · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | The Animatrix: World Record · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part II · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | The Animatrix · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | The Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | The Animatrix: A Detective Story · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | The Animatrix: Program · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part I · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Ritual · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | The Matrix Revisited · as Executive Producer |
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| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Proximity · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Dungeons & Dragons · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | Freedom (US) (TV Series) |
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| 1999 | |
| 1999 | The Strip (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Action (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Perversions of Science (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | Bordello of Blood · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | W.E.I.R.D. World · as Executive Producer |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight · as Executive Producer |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | Tales From the Cryptkeeper (TV Series) · 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 |
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| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again · as Executive Producer |
| 1980 | Xanadu · as Co-Producer |
| 1979 | The Warriors · as Associate Producer |