Joel Silver
Production·July 14, 1952 — 73 years old·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.
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—Logan's RunProducer—The Galton CaseProducer—The ExecutionerProducer2024Road HouseProducer2018SuperFlyProducer2017SuburbiconExecutive Producer2016CollideProducer2016The Nice GuysProducer2014Veronica MarsExecutive Producer2014Non-StopProducer2013Enemies CloserExecutive Producer2013GetawayExecutive Producer · Producer2013Tales from the Warner Bros. LotSelf2012Bullet to the HeadExecutive Producer2012The FactoryProducer2012The ApparitionProducer2012Stash HouseProducer2012The Philly KidExecutive Producer2012El GringoExecutive Producer2012Dragon EyesProducer2012TransitExecutive Producer2012Project XExecutive Producer2011Sherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsProducer2011UnknownProducer2010SpliceExecutive Producer2010The LosersProducer2010Sherlock Holmes: ReinventedSelf2010The Book of EliProducer2009Sherlock HolmesProducer2009Ninja AssassinProducer2009The Hills Run RedProducer2009WhiteoutProducer2009OrphanProducer2008Speed Racer: Car FuSelf2008RocknRollaProducer2008Speed RacerProducer2007Fred ClausProducer2007Return to House on Haunted HillExecutive Producer2007MoonlightTVExecutive Producer2007The Brave OneProducer2007The InvasionProducer2007The ReapingProducer2006Shark BaitProducer2006V for VendettaProducer2005Kiss Kiss Bang BangProducer2005House of WaxProducer2005Movie Life: House of WaxTVSelf2004The Matrix Reloaded: Car ChaseSelf2004Veronica MarsTVExecutive Producer2004Bet Your LifeExecutive Producer2004EntourageTVJoel Silver2004Next Action StarTVProducer2004The Matrix RecalibratedSelf2004Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix FutureSelf2004The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent SmithHimself2004On the Set of 'Gothika'Self2004Painting with FireSelf2003GothikaProducer2003Limp Bizkit: Behind Blue EyesProducer2003The Matrix RevolutionsProducer2003Making 'Enter the Matrix'Self2003The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-LoadSelf2003Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of AnimeSelf2003Executions: The Making of 'The Animatrix'Self2003The Matrix ReloadedProducer2003The AnimatrixExecutive Producer2003Punk'dTVSelf2003Cradle 2 the GraveProducer2002Ghost ShipProducer2002RitualExecutive Producer2002The Making of Exit WoundsSelf2001Jane DoeExecutive Producer2001The Matrix RevisitedSelf - Producer · Executive Producer2001Thir13en GhostsProducer2001Osmosis JonesPolice Chief (voice) (uncredited)2001SwordfishProducer2001ProximityExecutive Producer2001Exit WoundsProducer2000If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'Self2000Dungeons & DragonsExecutive Producer2000FreedomTVProducer2000Romeo Must DieProducer1999House on Haunted HillProducer1999The StripTVProducer1999Making "The Matrix"Self1999ActionTVExecutive Producer1999Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis CollectionProducer1999Made MenProducer1999The MatrixProducer1998Lethal Weapon 4Producer1997Double TapProducer1997Conspiracy TheoryProducer1997Perversions of ScienceTVExecutive Producer1997Fathers' DayProducer1996Ricky Jay and His 52 AssistantsExecutive Producer1996Bordello of BloodExecutive Producer1996Executive DecisionProducer1995Fair GameProducer1995AssassinsProducer1995W.E.I.R.D. WorldExecutive Producer1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesProducer1995Tales from the Crypt: Demon KnightExecutive Producer1994Ri¢hie Ri¢hProducer1993Demolition ManProducer1992Lethal Weapon 3Producer1992Two-Fisted TalesExecutive Producer1991The Last Boy ScoutProducer1991RicochetProducer1991MTV's 10th Anniversary SpecialExecutive Producer1991Hudson HawkProducer1990Predator 2Producer1990Parker KaneExecutive Producer1990The Adventures of Ford FairlaneProducer1990Die Hard 2Producer1989Lethal Weapon 2Producer1989Tales from the CryptTVCrypt Keeper's Chainsaw Victim · Director · Executive Producer1989Road HouseProducer1988Die HardProducer1988Who Framed Roger RabbitRaoul1988Action JacksonProducer1987PredatorProducer1987Lethal WeaponProducer1986Jumpin' Jack FlashProducer1985CommandoProducer1985Weird ScienceProducer1985Brewster's MillionsProducer1984Streets of FireProducer198248 Hrs.Producer1982Jekyll and Hyde... Together AgainExecutive Producer1981The Pursuit of D.B. CooperCreative Consultant1980XanaduCo-Producer1979The WarriorsAssociate Producer1978HooperExecutive Producer's Assistant1976The Bette Midler ShowProducer's Assistant