- Known for
- Production
- Credits
- 118 films
- Born
- July 14, 1952 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- South Orange, New Jersey, USA
Production
Joel Silver
Biography
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.
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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.
Known for
Acting 16
- 2013Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot · Self
- 2010Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented · Self
- 2008Speed Racer: Car Fu · Self
- 2004The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase · Self
- 2004The Matrix Recalibrated · Self
- 2004The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith · Himself
- 2004On the Set of 'Gothika' · Self
- 2003
Production 101
- —The Galton Case · Producer
- 2024Road House · Producer
- 2018SuperFly · Producer
- 2017Suburbicon · Executive Producer
- 2016Collide · Producer
- 2016The Nice Guys · Producer
- 2014Veronica Mars · Executive Producer
- 2014Non-Stop · Producer
Crew 1
- 1981The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper · Creative Consultant
