Biography
Joel Silver is an American film producer. Born on 14 July 1952 in South Orange, New Jersey, he began his career at Lawrence Gordon Productions, where he became president of motion pictures. His first screen credit was as associate producer on The Warriors (1979). With Gordon he produced 48 Hrs. (1982), Streets of Fire (1984) and Brewster's Millions (1985).
In 1985 Silver formed Silver Pictures. He produced action films including Commando (1985), the Lethal Weapon franchise, the first two Die Hard films and the Matrix trilogy (The Matrix, 1999; The Matrix Reloaded, 2003; The Matrix Revolutions, 2003). In 1998 he co-founded Dark Castle Entertainment with Robert Zemeckis. Silver is also credited, with Jared Kass, as co-creator of the sport of Ultimate.
