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    Joel Silver

    1952-07-14 (72 years old) 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

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    Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
    57 %|Jan 15, 2013
    Documentary
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    Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
    69 %|Mar 30, 2010
    Documentary, Action, Mystery, Adventure
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    The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
    70 %|Dec 7, 2004
    Documentary
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    The Matrix Recalibrated
    66 %|Apr 6, 2004
    Documentary, Science Fiction
    actor
    The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
    60.709999999999994 %|Oct 14, 2003
    Documentary
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    Making 'Enter the Matrix'
    51 %|Oct 14, 2003
    Documentary
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    The Making of Exit Wounds
    0 %|Mar 14, 2002
    Documentary
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    The Matrix Revisited
    68.38 %|Nov 19, 2001
    Documentary
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    Making 'The Matrix'
    70.3 %|Sep 21, 1999
    Documentary
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    Who Framed Roger Rabbit
    75 %|Jun 21, 1988
    Fantasy, Animation, Comedy, Crime

    Series

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    Movie Life: House of Wax
    76 %|Mar 31, 2005
    Reality, Documentary
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    Entourage
    73 %|Jul 18, 2004
    Comedy, Drama
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    Punk'd
    50 %|Mar 17, 2003
    Comedy, Reality
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    Tales from the Crypt
    80 %|Jun 10, 1989
    Comedy, Mystery, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy