Joel Silver
Production
Born 1952-07-14
South Orange, New Jersey, USA
134 credits
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 2
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Awards
Won 2 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture Awards
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 2 won · 1 nominated
- 1992 Worst Picture Won Hudson Hawk
- 1991 Worst Picture Won The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
- 1990 Worst Picture Nominated Road House
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
- — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won
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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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Filmography
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Producing
56 credits
The Matrix
Veronica Mars
Predator
Tales from the Crypt
Die Hard
Die Hard 2
Road House
The Matrix Reloaded
V for Vendetta
Lethal Weapon 2
Predator 2
House of Wax
Lethal Weapon
Project X
The Matrix Revolutions
The Nice Guys
Sherlock Holmes
Demolition Man
The Book of Eli
Ninja Assassin
Lethal Weapon 4
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Orphan
Lethal Weapon 3
Speed Racer
The Invasion
Thir13en Ghosts
Commando
Ghost Ship
Swordfish
The Warriors
Weird Science
Non-Stop
Moonlight
The Losers
Romeo Must Die
Exit Wounds
Unknown
Hudson Hawk
The Last Boy Scout
48 Hrs.
The Animatrix
Conspiracy Theory
Executive Decision
The Reaping
Assassins
Splice
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
The Brave One
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Cradle 2 the Grave
Suburbicon
The Factory
Bordello of Blood
Fred Claus
Road House
Acting
5 credits
Directing
1 credit
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