Joel Silver

Known for ProductionBorn 1952-07-14 (age 73)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. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime

The Bette Midler Show

Next Action Star

The Strip

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

The Matrix

Movie Life: House of Wax

V for Vendetta

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Tales from the Crypt

Veronica Mars

Die Hard

If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'

Predator

The Warriors

Entourage

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Moonlight

Sherlock Holmes

Making "The Matrix"

The Nice Guys

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

The Animatrix

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Road House

Lethal Weapon

Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants

The Matrix Reloaded

Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented

Orphan

The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase

RocknRolla

Project X

Non-Stop

Lethal Weapon 2

The Book of Eli

SuperFly

The Matrix Revisited

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

Die Hard 2

Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future

The Matrix Recalibrated

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Unknown

The Matrix Revolutions

Ninja Assassin

Streets of Fire

The Last Boy Scout