Joel Silver
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.
Filmography (80)
Road House
SuperFly
Suburbicon
The Nice Guys
Collide
Non-Stop
Veronica Mars
Getaway
Project X
The Apparition
Stash House
Bullet to the Head
El Gringo
Transit
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Unknown
The Book of Eli
The Losers
Orphan
Sherlock Holmes
Ninja Assassin
Whiteout
The Hills Run Red
Speed Racer
RocknRolla
Return to House on Haunted Hill
The Invasion
The Reaping
The Brave One
Fred Claus
V for Vendetta
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
House of Wax
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
The Animatrix
Gothika
Cradle 2 the Grave
Ghost Ship
Osmosis Jones
Swordfish
Thir13en Ghosts
Exit Wounds
Dungeons & Dragons
Romeo Must Die
The Matrix
House on Haunted Hill
Lethal Weapon 4
Conspiracy Theory
Fathers' Day
Bordello of Blood
Executive Decision
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Assassins
Fair Game
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Demolition Man
Lethal Weapon 3
Hudson Hawk
The Last Boy Scout
Ricochet
Predator 2
Die Hard 2
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Road House
Lethal Weapon 2
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Die Hard
Action Jackson
Predator
Lethal Weapon
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Weird Science
Commando
Brewster's Millions
Streets of Fire
48 Hrs.
Xanadu
The Warriors
