Joel Silver

Joel Silver

Born: July 14, 1952
in 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.

Movies for Joel Silver...

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Title: Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Character: Self
Released: January 15, 2013
Type: Movie
Actors, crew and executives who worked at Warner Bros. Pictures recall their days at the studio.
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Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
Title: Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
Character: Self
Released: March 30, 2010
Type: Movie
Making of featurette for Sherlock Holmes (2009).
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Title: Movie Life: House of Wax
Character: Himself
Released: March 31, 2005
Type: TV
Ever wonder what it's really like to be in a movie? Go behind the scenes of House of Wax with Chad, Elisha, Paris and Jared.
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The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Title: The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Character: Himself
Released: December 7, 2004
Type: Movie
This thirty-minute documentary follows the Wachowski sisters and the film's crew through production on the film's famed highway chase sequence. We get interviews with the visual effects supervisors, the stunt coordinators and even are taken through aspects of pre-production and planning for the scene. Then the documentary moves into production, the scariest aspect of which is certainly Carrie Anne-Moss trying to learn to ride a motorcycle good enough to do so safely without helmet for the scene. We also watch as the stretch of freeway used in the film is being built.
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Title: Entourage
Released: July 18, 2004
Type: TV
Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.
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Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future
Title: Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future
Character: Self
Released: April 6, 2004
Type: Movie
A look at the stunts of The Matrix Revolutions
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The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith
Title: The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith
Character: Himself
Released: April 6, 2004
Type: Movie
The special effects of the Agent Smith scenes in Matrix Revolutions
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The Matrix Recalibrated
Title: The Matrix Recalibrated
Character: Self
Released: April 6, 2004
Type: Movie
The making of Matrix Revolutions, The (2003) is briefly touched on here in this documentary. Interviews with various cast and crew members inform us how they were affected by the deaths of Gloria Foster and Aaliyah, and also delve into the making of the visual effects that takes up a lot of screen time. Written by Rhyl Donnelly
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Making 'Enter the Matrix'
Title: Making 'Enter the Matrix'
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 2003
Type: Movie
A look at Enter the Matrix: The game's story picks up just before The Matrix Reloaded and runs parallel to that of the film. Bend the rules of the Matrix with martial arts, pilot the fastest hovercraft in the fleet, or just fight with lots of guns.
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The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Title: The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 2003
Type: Movie
This making-of piece offers the standard mix of movie snippets, behind the scenes materials, and interviews from cast and crew on the making of the film.
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Executions: The Making of 'The Animatrix'
Title: Executions: The Making of 'The Animatrix'
Character: Self
Released: June 3, 2003
Type: Movie
This making-of piece is composed of seven segments: "Making The Second Renaissance Parts 1 and 2" (9:45), "Making The Program" (6:13), "Making World Record" (7:25), "Making Kid's Story And Detective Story" (9:42), "Making Beyond" (8:48), "Making Matriculated" (6:46) and "Making Final Flight Of Osiris" (6:39). Each of the features cover something a bit different, as some of the features are a pure "making of" type feature, while others might also delve into certain influences and things of that sort. Everyone involved speaks of their approach to their specific feature (or features) and they also talk about how they were approached by the Wachowski's about the Animatrix project and in certain instances, we learn about the director, as well as their work before signing on to this particular project. We get to see footage from the short itself, as well as interview footage with the principals and footage from behind-the-scenes.
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Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
Title: Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
Character: Self
Released: June 3, 2003
Type: Movie
A short documentary on Japanese animation featured on the DVD for The Animatrix (2003).
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Title: Punk'd
Character: Self
Released: March 17, 2003
Type: TV
What happens when the biggest stars in the world get too high on the Hollywood hog? When their bank accounts start swelling bigger than their heads? Master prankster Ashton Kutcher is there to punk 'em down to earth.
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The Making of Exit Wounds
Title: The Making of Exit Wounds
Character: Self
Released: March 14, 2002
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes of Andrzej Bartkowiak's 'Exit Wounds'
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The Matrix Revisited
Title: The Matrix Revisited
Character: Self - Producer
Released: November 19, 2001
Type: Movie
The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.
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Making 'The Matrix'
Title: Making 'The Matrix'
Character: Self
Released: September 21, 1999
Type: Movie
A promotional making-of documentary for the film Matrix, The (1999) that devotes its time to explaining the digital and practical effects contained in the film. This is very interesting, seeing as how they're giving away the cinematic secrets that they created solely for the this movie, that have now been spoofed and referenced in countless other films.
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Title: Tales from the Crypt
Character: Crypt Keeper's Chainsaw Victim
Released: June 10, 1989
Type: TV
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Title: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Character: Raoul
Released: June 21, 1988
Type: Movie
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.