Joel Silver

Personal Info

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Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-07-14 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

South Orange, New Jersey, USA

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. 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 ...

Production

1987

Predator

as Producer

1982

48 Hrs.

as Producer

1990

Predator 2

as Producer

1988

Die Hard

as Producer

1990

Die Hard 2

as Producer

1999

The Matrix

as Producer

2003

2003

1996

2006

V for Vendetta

as Producer

2005

House of Wax

as Producer

1987

Lethal Weapon

as Producer

1989

Lethal Weapon 2

as Producer

1992

Lethal Weapon 3

as Producer

1998

Lethal Weapon 4

as Producer

1988

Action Jackson

as Producer

1989

Road House

as Producer

2007

The Brave One

as Producer

2009

Sherlock Holmes

as Producer

2001

Exit Wounds

as Producer

2007

Fred Claus

as Producer

2009

Orphan

as Producer

1986

2003

2007

The Invasion

as Producer

1985

Commando

as Producer

1994

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

as Producer

2003

Gothika

as Producer

2010

The Book of Eli

as Producer

1985

2005

1999

2009

Whiteout

as Producer

2000

Dungeons & Dragons

as Executive Producer

1995

Fair Game

as Producer

2008

Speed Racer

as Producer

1985

Weird Science

as Producer

1991

Hudson Hawk

as Producer

1991

1997

1997

Fathers' Day

as Producer

1995

Assassins

as Producer

2001

Thir13en Ghosts

as Producer

2001

Swordfish

as Producer

1993

Demolition Man

as Producer

1991

Ricochet

as Producer

2007

Return to House on Haunted Hill

as Executive Producer

2002

Ghost Ship

as Producer

2008

RocknRolla

as Producer

2001

The Matrix Revisited

as Executive Producer

1984

Streets of Fire

as Producer

2011

Unknown

as Producer

2003

The Animatrix

as Executive Producer

2012

Project X

as Executive Producer

2012

El Gringo

as Executive Producer

2006

Shark Bait

as Producer

1996

Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants

as Executive Producer

1997

Double Tap

as Producer

2014

Non-Stop

as Producer

2007

The Reaping

as Producer

2024

Road House

as Producer

2012

The Factory

as Producer

2009

Ninja Assassin

as Producer

1995

1981

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

as Creative Consultant

1991

MTV's 10th Anniversary Special

as Executive Producer

2012

Bullet to the Head

as Executive Producer

2016

The Nice Guys

as Producer

-

Logan's Run

as Producer

-

The Galton Case

as Producer

2017

Suburbicon

as Executive Producer

2012

Transit

as Executive Producer

1978

Hooper

as Executive Producer's Assistant

2014

Veronica Mars

as Executive Producer

2010

The Losers

as Producer

2018

SuperFly

as Producer

2013

Getaway

as Executive Producer

1979

The Warriors

as Associate Producer

1980

Xanadu

as Co-Producer

1982

1996

Bordello of Blood

as Executive Producer

1999

Made Men

as Producer

2000

Romeo Must Die

as Producer

2001

Proximity

as Executive Producer

2002

Ritual

as Executive Producer

1992

Two-Fisted Tales

as Executive Producer

2012

Dragon Eyes

as Producer

2012

The Philly Kid

as Executive Producer

2012

Stash House

as Producer

2012

The Apparition

as Producer

2013

Getaway

as Producer

2013

Enemies Closer

as Executive Producer

2016

Collide

as Producer

1990

Parker Kane

as Executive Producer

2001

Jane Doe

as Executive Producer

2009

2004

Bet Your Life

as Executive Producer

1995

W.E.I.R.D. World

as Executive Producer

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