Person · Producer
Joel Silver
b. 1952
Produced 71 films on this site, including The Matrix (1999), V for Vendetta (2005) and Die Hard (1988).
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.
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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, as well as the first two films of the Predator series and The Matrix franchise of action films.
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Regulars
Films in this guide
Best known
- The Matrix 1999producer
- V for Vendetta 2005producer
- Die Hard 1988producer
- Predator 1987producer
- The Matrix Reloaded 2003producer
- Sherlock Holmes 2009producer
1980s
- Xanadu (1980)producer
- 48 Hrs. (1982)producer
- Streets of Fire (1984)producer
- Brewster's Millions (1985)producer
- Commando (1985)producer
- Weird Science (1985)producer
- Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)producer
- Lethal Weapon (1987)producer
- Predator (1987)producer
- Action Jackson (1988)producer
- Die Hard (1988)producer
- Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)producer
- Road House (1989)producer
1990s
- Die Hard 2 (1990)producer
- Predator 2 (1990)producer
- The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)producer
- Hudson Hawk (1991)producer
- Ricochet (1991)producer
- The Last Boy Scout (1991)producer
- Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)producer
- Demolition Man (1993)producer
- Richie Rich (1994)producer
- Assassins (1995)producer
- Fair Game (1995)producer
- Executive Decision (1996)producer
- Conspiracy Theory (1997)producer
- Fathers' Day (1997)producer
- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)producer
- House on Haunted Hill (1999)producer
- The Matrix (1999)producer
2000s
- Romeo Must Die (2000)producer
- Exit Wounds (2001)producer
- Proximity (2001)producer
- Swordfish (2001)producer
- Thirteen Ghosts (2001)producer
- Ghost Ship (2002)producer
- Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)producer
- Gothika (2003)producer
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003)producer
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003)producer
- The Shmatrix (2003)producer
- What a Girl Wants (2003)producer
- House of Wax (2005)producer
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)producer
- V for Vendetta (2005)producer
- Fred Claus (2007)producer
- The Brave One (2007)producer
- The Invasion (2007)producer
- The Reaping (2007)producer
- RocknRolla (2008)producer
- Speed Racer (2008)producer
- Ninja Assassin (2009)producer
- Orphan (2009)producer
- Sherlock Holmes (2009)producer
- Splice (2009)producer
- Whiteout (2009)producer
2010s
- The Book of Eli (2010)producer
- The Losers (2010)producer
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)producer
- Unknown (2011)producer
- Bullet to the Head (2012)producer
- Dragon Eyes (2012)producer
- The Apparition (2012)producer
- The Factory (2012)producer
- Non-Stop (2014)producer
- The Gunman (2015)producer
- Collide (2016)producer
- The Nice Guys (2016)producer
- Suburbicon (2017)producer
- Superfly (2018)producer
2020s
- Road House (2024)producer