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.
The Making of Exit Wounds
(Self)
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
(Self)
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
(Self)
The Matrix Revisited
(Self - Producer)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(Raoul)
The Matrix Recalibrated
(Self)
Making 'The Matrix'
(Self)
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
(Self)
Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future
(Self)
Making 'Enter the Matrix'
(Self)
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
(Himself)
The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith
(Himself)
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
(Self)
Executions: The Making of 'The Animatrix'
(Self)
Entourage
Movie Life: House of Wax
(Self)
Tales from the Crypt
(Crypt Keeper's Chainsaw Victim)
Punk'd
(Self)
Predator
(Producer)
48 Hrs.
(Producer)
Predator 2
(Producer)
Die Hard
(Producer)
The Matrix
(Producer)
Die Hard 2
(Producer)
The Matrix Reloaded
(Producer)
The Matrix Revolutions
(Producer)
Executive Decision
(Producer)
V for Vendetta
(Producer)
House of Wax
(Producer)
Lethal Weapon 3
(Producer)
Lethal Weapon
(Producer)
Lethal Weapon 4
(Producer)
Lethal Weapon 2
(Producer)
Action Jackson
(Producer)
Road House
(Producer)
The Brave One
(Producer)
Sherlock Holmes
(Producer)
Exit Wounds
(Producer)
Fred Claus
(Producer)
Jumpin' Jack Flash
(Producer)
Orphan
(Producer)
Cradle 2 the Grave
(Producer)
The Invasion
(Producer)
Commando
(Producer)
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
(Producer)
The Book of Eli
(Producer)
Gothika
(Producer)
Brewster's Millions
(Producer)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
(Producer)
House on Haunted Hill
(Producer)
Whiteout
(Producer)
Dungeons & Dragons
(Executive Producer)
Fair Game
(Producer)
Speed Racer
(Producer)
Weird Science
(Producer)
Hudson Hawk
(Producer)
The Last Boy Scout
(Producer)
Conspiracy Theory
(Producer)
Fathers' Day
(Producer)
Assassins
(Producer)
Thir13en Ghosts
(Producer)
Swordfish
(Producer)
Demolition Man
(Producer)
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
(Producer)
Ricochet
(Producer)
Return to House on Haunted Hill
(Executive Producer)
Ghost Ship
(Producer)
RocknRolla
(Producer)
The Matrix Revisited
(Executive Producer)
Streets of Fire
(Producer)
Unknown
(Producer)
The Animatrix
(Executive Producer)
Project X
(Executive Producer)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
(Producer)
El Gringo
(Executive Producer)
Shark Bait
(Producer)
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants
(Executive Producer)
Double Tap
(Producer)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
(Producer)
Non-Stop
(Producer)
The Reaping
(Producer)
Road House
(Producer)
The Factory
(Producer)
Ninja Assassin
(Producer)
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
(Executive Producer)
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
(Creative Consultant)
Sherlock Holmes 3
(Producer)
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
(Executive Producer)
Bullet to the Head
(Executive Producer)
The Nice Guys
(Producer)
Logan's Run
(Producer)
The Galton Case
(Producer)
Suburbicon
(Executive Producer)
Transit
(Executive Producer)
Hooper
(Executive Producer's Assistant)
Veronica Mars
(Executive Producer)
The Losers
(Producer)
SuperFly
(Producer)
Getaway
(Executive Producer)
Untitled Ben 10 Project
(Producer)
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
(Executive Producer)
Xanadu
(Co-Producer)
Bordello of Blood
(Executive Producer)
Made Men
(Producer)
The Warriors
(Associate Producer)
Two-Fisted Tales
(Executive Producer)
Romeo Must Die
(Producer)
Proximity
(Executive Producer)
Collide
(Producer)
W.E.I.R.D. World
(Executive Producer)
Jane Doe
(Executive Producer)
Ritual
(Executive Producer)
Stash House
(Producer)
Getaway
(Producer)
The Philly Kid
(Executive Producer)
The Apparition
(Producer)
Parker Kane
(Executive Producer)
Dragon Eyes
(Producer)
Enemies Closer
(Executive Producer)
The Hills Run Red
(Producer)
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
(Producer)
Bet Your Life
(Executive Producer)
Freedom
(Producer)
The Strip
(Producer)
Moonlight
(Producer)
Next Action Star
(Producer)
Veronica Mars
(Executive Producer)
Tales from the Crypt
(Director)
Action
(Executive Producer)
Moonlight
(Executive Producer)
Tales from the Crypt
(Executive Producer)
Perversions of Science
(Executive Producer)