Joel Silver

Personal Info

Known For Producer

Gender Male

Birthday 1952-07-14 (72 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 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

Producer

The Galton Case

as Producer

Logan's Run

as Producer

Sherlock Holmes 3

as Producer

2024
Road House

as Producer

2018
SuperFly

as Producer

2017
Suburbicon

as Executive Producer

2016
The Nice Guys

as Producer

2016
Collide

as Producer

2014
Non-Stop

as Producer

2014
Veronica Mars

as Executive Producer

2013
Getaway

as Executive Producer

2013
Enemies Closer

as Executive Producer

2013
Getaway

as Producer

2012
Project X

as Executive Producer

2012
El Gringo

as Executive Producer

2012
The Factory

as Producer

2012
Bullet to the Head

as Executive Producer

2012
Transit

as Executive Producer

2012
Dragon Eyes

as Producer

2012
The Apparition

as Producer

2012
Stash House

as Producer

2012
The Philly Kid

as Executive Producer

2011
Unknown

as Producer

2010
The Book of Eli

as Producer

2010
The Losers

as Producer

2009
Sherlock Holmes

as Producer

2009
Orphan

as Producer

2009
Whiteout

as Producer

2009
Ninja Assassin

as Producer

2009
The Hills Run Red

as Producer

2008
Speed Racer

as Producer

2008
RocknRolla

as Producer

2007
The Brave One

as Producer

2007
Fred Claus

as Producer

2007
The Invasion

as Producer

2007
Return to House on Haunted Hill

as Executive Producer

2007
The Reaping

as Producer

2007
Moonlight

as Producer

2007
Moonlight

as Executive Producer

2006
V for Vendetta

as Producer

2006
Shark Bait

as Producer

2005
House of Wax

as Producer

2005
2004
Bet Your Life

as Executive Producer

2004
Next Action Star

as Producer

2004
Veronica Mars

as Executive Producer

2003
2003
2003
Cradle 2 the Grave

as Producer

2003
Gothika

as Producer

2003
The Animatrix

as Executive Producer

2002
Ghost Ship

as Producer

2002
Ritual

as Executive Producer

2001
Exit Wounds

as Producer

2001
Thir13en Ghosts

as Producer

2001
Swordfish

as Producer

2001
The Matrix Revisited

as Executive Producer

2001
Proximity

as Executive Producer

2001
Jane Doe

as Executive Producer

2000
Dungeons & Dragons

as Executive Producer

2000
Romeo Must Die

as Producer

2000
Freedom

as Producer

1999
The Matrix

as Producer

1999
1999
Made Men

as Producer

1999
The Strip

as Producer

1999
Action

as Executive Producer

1998
Lethal Weapon 4

as Producer

1997
Conspiracy Theory

as Producer

1997
Fathers' Day

as Producer

1997
Double Tap

as Producer

1997
Perversions of Science

as Executive Producer

1996
Executive Decision

as Producer

1996
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants

as Executive Producer

1996
Bordello of Blood

as Executive Producer

1995
Fair Game

as Producer

1995
Assassins

as Producer

1995
1995
W.E.I.R.D. World

as Executive Producer

1994
Ri¢hie Ri¢h

as Producer

1993
Demolition Man

as Producer

1992
Lethal Weapon 3

as Producer

1992
Two-Fisted Tales

as Executive Producer

1991
Hudson Hawk

as Producer

1991
The Last Boy Scout

as Producer

1991
Ricochet

as Producer

1991
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special

as Executive Producer

1990
Predator 2

as Producer

1990
Die Hard 2

as Producer

1990
Parker Kane

as Executive Producer

1989
Lethal Weapon 2

as Producer

1989
Road House

as Producer

1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Executive Producer

1988
Die Hard

as Producer

1988
Action Jackson

as Producer

1987
Predator

as Producer

1987
Lethal Weapon

as Producer

1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash

as Producer

1985
Commando

as Producer

1985
1985
Weird Science

as Producer

1984
Streets of Fire

as Producer

1982
48 Hrs.

as Producer

1982
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

as Executive Producer

1980
Xanadu

as Co-Producer

1979
The Warriors

as Associate Producer

1978
Hooper

as Executive Producer's Assistant

Crew

1981
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

as Creative Consultant

Director

1989