Joel Silver
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.
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ProductionBirthday
July 14, 1952Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
116Place of birth
South Orange, New Jersey, USACast credits
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
SelfThe Matrix Revisited
Self - ProducerWho Framed Roger Rabbit
RaoulThe Matrix Recalibrated
SelfSherlock Holmes: Reinvented
SelfMaking 'The Matrix'
SelfThe Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
HimselfMaking 'Enter the Matrix'
SelfThe Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith
HimselfExecutions: The Making of 'The Animatrix'
SelfScrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
SelfThe Making of Exit Wounds
SelfCrew credits
Predator
Producer48 Hrs.
ProducerPredator 2
ProducerDie Hard
ProducerThe Matrix
ProducerThe Matrix Reloaded
ProducerThe Matrix Revolutions
ProducerV for Vendetta
ProducerLethal Weapon
ProducerLethal Weapon 2
ProducerLethal Weapon 3
ProducerLethal Weapon 4
ProducerDie Hard 2
ProducerHouse of Wax
ProducerAction Jackson
ProducerRoad House
ProducerExecutive Decision
ProducerSherlock Holmes
ProducerCradle 2 the Grave
ProducerThe Brave One
ProducerExit Wounds
Producer