Joel Silver
- Production
- July 14, 1952 · South Orange, New Jersey, USA
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. 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
- Road House · Producer
- SuperFly · Producer
- Suburbicon · Executive producer
- Collide · Producer
- The Nice Guys · Producer
- Veronica Mars · Executive producer
- Non-Stop · Producer
- Enemies Closer · Executive producer
- Getaway · Executive producer, Producer
- Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot · Self
- Bullet to the Head · Executive producer
- The Factory · Producer
- The Apparition · Producer
- Stash House · Producer
- The Philly Kid · Executive producer
- El Gringo · Executive producer
- Dragon Eyes · Producer
- Transit · Executive producer
- Project X · Executive producer
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows · Producer
- Unknown · Producer
- Splice · Executive producer
- The Losers · Producer
- Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented · Self
- The Book of Eli · Producer
- Sherlock Holmes · Producer
- Ninja Assassin · Producer
- The Hills Run Red · Producer
- Whiteout · Producer
- Orphan · Producer
- Speed Racer: Car Fu · Self
- RocknRolla · Producer
- Speed Racer · Producer
- Fred Claus · Producer
- Return to House on Haunted Hill · Executive producer
- Moonlight · Executive producer
- The Brave One · Producer
- The Invasion · Producer
- The Reaping · Producer
- Shark Bait · Producer
- V for Vendetta · Producer
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang · Producer
- House of Wax · Producer
- Movie Life: House of Wax · Self
- The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase · Self
- Veronica Mars · Executive producer
- Bet Your Life · Executive producer
- Entourage · Joel Silver
- Next Action Star · Producer
- The Matrix Recalibrated · Self
- Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future · Self
- The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith · Self
- On the Set of 'Gothika' · Self
- Painting with Fire · Self
- Gothika · Producer
- The Matrix Revolutions · Producer
- Making 'Enter the Matrix' · Self
- The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load · Self
- Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime · Self
- Executions: The Making of 'The Animatrix' · Self
- The Matrix Reloaded · Producer
- The Animatrix · Executive producer
- Punk'd · Self
- Cradle 2 the Grave · Producer
- Ghost Ship · Producer
- Ritual · Executive producer
- The Making of Exit Wounds · Self
- Jane Doe · Executive producer
- The Matrix Revisited · Self, Executive producer
- Thir13en Ghosts · Producer
- Osmosis Jones · Police Chief (voice) (uncredited)
- Swordfish · Producer
- Proximity · Executive producer
- Exit Wounds · Producer
- If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' · Self
- Dungeons & Dragons · Executive producer
- Freedom · Producer
- Romeo Must Die · Producer
- House on Haunted Hill · Producer
- The Strip · Producer