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.

Фільмографія

• 2024Придорожній заклад — Producer
• 2018СуперФлай — Producer
• 2017Субурбікон — Executive Producer
• 2016Автобан — Producer
• 2016Круті чуваки — Producer
• 2014Вероніка Марс — Executive Producer
• 2014Повітряний маршал — Producer
• 2013Enemies Closer — Executive Producer
• 2013Getaway — Executive Producer
• 2012El Gringo — Executive Producer
• 2012Stash House — Producer
• 2012The Apparition — Producer
• 2012The Philly Kid — Executive Producer
• 2012Куля в Лоб — Executive Producer
• 2012Очі дракона — Producer
• 2012Проект Х: Дорвались-Відірвались — Executive Producer
• 2012Транзит — Executive Producer
• 2012Фабрика — Producer
• 2011Невідомий — Producer
• 2011Шерлок Голмс: Гра тіней — Producer
• 2010Книга Iлая — Producer
• 2010Лузери — Producer
• 2010Химера — Executive Producer
• 2009The Hills Run Red — Producer
• 2009Біла мла — Producer
• 2009Дитя пітьми — Producer
• 2009Ніндзя-вбивця — Producer
• 2009Шерлок Голмс — Producer
• 2008Рок-н-рольщик — Producer
• 2008Спіді Гонщик — Producer
• 2007Return to House on Haunted Hill — Executive Producer
• 2007Вторгнення — Producer
• 2007Відважна — Producer
• 2007Жнива — Producer
• Місячне сяйво — Executive Producer
• 2007Фред Клаус, брат Санти — Producer
• 2006Shark Bait — Producer
• 2006V означає Вендетта — Producer
• 2005Будинок воскових фігур — Producer
• 2005Поцілунок навиліт — Producer
• 2004Bet Your Life — Executive Producer
• Next Action Star — Producer
• Антураж — Joel Silver
• Вероніка Марс — Executive Producer
• 2003Аніматриця — Executive Producer
• 2003Від колиски до могили — Producer
• 2003Готика — Producer
• 2003Матриця: Перезавантаження — Producer
• 2003Матриця: Революція — Producer
• 2002Ritual — Executive Producer
• 2002Корабель-привид — Producer
• 200113 привидів — Producer
• 2001Jane Doe — Executive Producer
• 2001Proximity — Executive Producer
• 2001The Matrix Revisited — Self - Producer, Executive Producer
• 2001Наскрізні поранення — Producer
• 2001Осмозіс Джонс — Police Chief (voice) (uncredited)
• 2001Пароль "Риба-меч" — Producer
• Freedom — Producer
• 2000Підземелля драконів — Executive Producer
• 2000Ромео повинен померти — Producer
• Action — Executive Producer
• 1999Made Men — Producer
• 1999Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection — Producer
• The Strip — Producer
• 1999Будинок на Хантед Хілл — Producer
• 1999Матриця — Producer
• 1998Смертельна зброя 4 — Producer
• 1997Double Tap — Producer
• Perversions of Science — Executive Producer
• 1997День батька — Producer
• 1997Теорія змови — Producer
• 1996Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants — Executive Producer
• 1996Байки зі склепу: Кривавий бордель — Executive Producer
• 1996Наказано знищити — Producer
• 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Producer
• 1995W.E.I.R.D. World — Executive Producer
• 1995Байки зі склепу: Лицар демонів — Executive Producer
• 1995Наймані вбивці — Producer
• 1995Чесна гра — Producer
• 1994Багатенький Річі — Producer
• 1993Руйнівник — Producer
• 1992Two-Fisted Tales — Executive Producer
• 1992Смертельна зброя 3 — Producer
• 1991MTV's 10th Anniversary Special — Executive Producer
• 1991Гудзонський яструб — Producer
• 1991Останній бойскаут — Producer
• 1991Рикошет — Producer
• 1990Parker Kane — Executive Producer
• 1990Міцний горішок 2 — Producer
• 1990Пригоди Форда Ферлейна — Producer
• 1990Хижак 2 — Producer
• Байки зі склепу — Crypt Keeper's Chainsaw Victim, Director, Executive Producer
• 1989Придорожній заклад — Producer
• 1989Смертельна зброя 2 — Producer
• 1988Джексон на прізвисько Мотор — Producer
• 1988Міцний горішок — Producer
• 1988Хто підставив кролика Роджера — Raoul
• 1987Смертельна зброя — Producer
• 1987Хижак — Producer
• 1986Джек-стрибунець — Producer
• 1985Командоc — Producer
• 1985Мільйони Брюстера — Producer
• 1985Чудернацька наука — Producer
• 1984Вулиці у вогні — Producer
• 198248 годин — Producer
• 1982Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again — Executive Producer
• 1981The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper — Creative Consultant
• 1980Xanadu — Co-Producer
• 1979Воїни — Associate Producer
• 1978Hooper — Executive Producer's Assistant
• 1976The Bette Midler Show — Producer's Assistant
• Logan's Run — Producer
• The Executioner — Producer
• The Galton Case — Producer

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (18)

• 2013Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot — Self
• 2010Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented — Self
• 2008Speed Racer: Car Fu — Self
• Movie Life: House of Wax — Self
• 2004Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future — Self
• 2004On the Set of 'Gothika' — Self
• 2004Painting with Fire — Self
• 2004The Matrix Recalibrated — Self
• 2004The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase — Self
• 2004The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith — Himself
• 2003Executions: The Making of 'The Animatrix' — Self
• 2003Making 'Enter the Matrix' — Self
• Punk'd — Self
• 2003Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime — Self
• 2003The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load — Self
• 2002The Making of Exit Wounds — Self
• 2000If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' — Self
• 1999Making "The Matrix" — Self