Joel Silver
Production
- Born
- July 14, 1952 (age 74) · South Orange, New Jersey, USA
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.
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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
The Matrix
March 31, 1999
V for Vendetta
February 23, 2006
Sherlock Holmes
December 23, 2009
Die Hard
July 15, 1988
The Matrix Reloaded
May 15, 2003
The Matrix Revolutions
November 5, 2003
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
November 22, 2011
Predator
June 12, 1987
The Nice Guys
May 15, 2016
Project X
March 1, 2012
The Book of Eli
January 14, 2010
Die Hard 2
July 3, 1990
Behind the camera104
- 2024Road House Producer
- 2018SuperFly Producer
- 2017Suburbicon Executive Producer
- 2016Collide Producer
- 2016The Nice Guys Producer
- 2014Veronica Mars Executive Producer
- 2014Non-Stop Producer
- 2013Enemies Closer Executive Producer
- 2013Getaway Executive Producer, Producer
- 2012Bullet to the Head Executive Producer