Joel Silver

Production · Born 1952-07-14 in South Orange, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
• The Matrix Revisited as Self - Producer
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Raoul
• The Matrix Recalibrated as Self
• Making 'The Matrix' as Self
• Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented as Self
• Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future as Self
• Making 'Enter the Matrix' as Self
• The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase as Self
• The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith as Himself