Joel Silver
Producer, Actor, Director
July 14, 1952 (74 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.
Known For
Filmography
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| 2021 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Suburbicon · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2014 | Veronica Mars · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | Enemies Closer · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2013 | Getaway · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Bullet to the Head · as Executive Producer |
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| 2012 | |
| 2012 | The Philly Kid · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | El Gringo · as Executive Producer |
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| 2012 | Transit · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Project X · as Executive Producer |
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| 2009 | Splice · as Executive Producer |
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| 2007 | Return to House on Haunted Hill · as Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Moonlight · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
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| 2004 | Veronica Mars · as Executive Producer |
| 2004 | Bet Your Life · as Executive Producer |
| 2004 | Next Action StarOn Plex |
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| 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 | The Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | The Animatrix: Program · as Executive Producer |
| 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 |
| 2003 | The Animatrix: Beyond · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Ritual · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Jane Doe · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2001 | The Matrix Revisited · as Executive Producer |
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| 2001 | Proximity · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Dungeons & Dragons · as Executive Producer |
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| 1999 | Action · as Executive Producer |
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| 1997 | Double TapOn Plex |
| 1997 | Conspiracy TheoryOn Plex |
| 1997 | Perversions of Science · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | Fathers' DayOn Plex |
| 1996 | Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | Bordello of Blood · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | Executive DecisionOn Plex |
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| 1995 | W.E.I.R.D. World · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight · as Executive Producer |
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| 1993 | Tales From the Cryptkeeper · as Executive Producer |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | Two-Fisted Tales · as Executive Producer |
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| 1990 | Parker Kane · as Executive Producer |
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| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt · as Executive Producer |
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| 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) |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt · as Crypt Keeper's Chainsaw Victim |
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit · as Raoul |
| 1968 | One Life to Live · as Man |
| 1978 | Hooper · as Executive Producer's AssistantOn Plex |
| 1976 | The Bette Midler Show · as Producer's Assistant |