Joel Silver Net Worth

Joel Silver net worth is
$400 Million

Joel Silver Wiki Biography

Joel Silver was born on the 14th July 1952, in South Orange, New Jersey USA, and is a film producer, best known to the world for putting his name under action films such as the “Matrix” franchise, “Predator” (1987), “Die Hard” (1988), and “Die Hard 2” (1990), among many other films. His career started in 1976.

Have you ever wondered how rich Joel Silver is, as of late-2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Joel Silver`s net worth is as high as $400 million, earned through his successful career as a film producer.

Joel Silver Net Worth $400 Million

Joel is the son of a writer and a PR executive; he grew up in his hometown, and went to Columbia High School, located in Maplewood, New Jersey, and where he, Buzzy Hellring and Jonny Hines created the game Ultimate Frisbee, and as a result, he and the other creators were inducted into the USA Ultimate Hall Of Fame. After he finished high school, Joel enrolled at the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts of New York University. Before graduation he produced his first film, a short film entitled “Max” (1976).

After graduation he found a job at Lawrence Gordon Productions, and served as associate producer for the film “The Warriors” (1979), and co-producer for “Xanadu” (1980). In 1982 he was the executive producer for the film “Jekyll And Hyde…Together Again”. He was then made producer for films “48 Hrs.” (1982), and “Streets Of Fire” (1984). These were good bases for his net worth.

In 1985 he started his own film production company called Silver Pictures, through which he produced countless successful films and TV series. By the end of the 1980s, he was the producer of films “Commando” (1985) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong and Alyssa Milano. In 1987 he produced the first installment of the successful franchise “Lethal Weapon”, with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in lead roles and directed by Richard Donner, and the same year he also produced “Predator”, directed by John McTiernen, while the lead characters were portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers among other stars. The next year he produced “Die Hard”, with Bruce Willis, and in 1989 came the sequel of the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, “Leathal Weapon 2”.

With the next decade, Joe continued quite successfully in producing sequels “Die Hard 2” (1990), “Predator 2” (1990), and “Lethal Weapon 3” (1992), and in 1993 he produced “Demolition Man”, starring Sylvester Stallone, Sandra Bullock and Wesley Snipes, and in 1995 came another successful flick – “Assassins”, with Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas, while woman lead was Julianne Moore. In the second half of the 1990s, Joel was the producer for films “Fathers` Day” (1997), “Conspiracy Theory” (1997), with Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts in lead roles, fourth installment of “Lethal Weapon” in 1998, and the first film of “The Matrix” trilogy in 1999.

With the new millennium, Joel continued successfully producing such popular films as “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003), and “Matrix Revolutions” (2003). In 2005 he produced “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”, and a year later he was the producer for the film “V For Vendetta” with Natalie Portman in lead role. Before 2010, he put his name on films “Speed Racer” (2008), and “Sherlock Holmes” (2009).

Since 2010, Joel has been responsible for the production of films such as “Unknown” (2011) with Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger as leads, “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” (2011), “Non-Stop” (2014), and “Veronica Mars” (2014). Most recenltly he produced films “The Nice Guys” (2016) with Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling, and “Collide” (2016), starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicholas Hoult, which has increased his net worth by a large margin.
Joel has also several projects in the making, such as “Suburbicon” which is scheduled for 2017 release, and “The Predator” (2018).

Joel started one more film production company, called Dark Castle Entertainment in 1999, with filmmakers Robert Zemeckis and Gilbert Adler, focusing on horror films, such as “House On Haunted Hill” (1999), and its sequel “Return To House On Haunted Hill” (2007), “Ghost Ship” (2002), “Gothika” (2003), “The Hills Run Red” (2009), and “Getaway”, among others, which only increased further is net worth.

Regarding his personal life, Joel has been married to Karyn Fields, since 1999; the couple has one child together.

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Full Name	Joel Silver
Net Worth	$400 Million
Date Of Birth	July 14, 1952
Place Of Birth	South Orange, New Jersey, United States
Profession	Writer, Producer, Director
Education	Lafayette College, Columbia High School, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
Nationality	American
Spouse	Karyn Fields
IMDB	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005428/
Allmusic	http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joel-silver-mn0001851506
Nominations	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show
Movies	The Nice Guys, The Matrix, Lethal Weapon, Predator, Speed Racer, Non-Stop, The Matrix Reloaded, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, V for Vendetta, Weird Science, 48 Hrs., Orphan, The Matrix Revolutions, Commando, Road House, House of Wax, Hudson Hawk, Unknown, Gothika, Ninja Assassin, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Ho...
TV Shows	Movie Life: House of Wax

#	Quote
1	[on Total Recall (1990)] Fantastic, fantastic. It's going to blow everyone away.
2	(On money) I hunted with a credit card.
3	(On the film "Brewster's Millions) Fantasies about spending are irresistible, the best! Who wouldn't want to indulge the luxury of squandering millions and millions of dollars?
4	(On Lethal Weapon film) We blasted a toilet out of that window. Over there, we drove a car straight into the living room.
5	[on movies]: That's how fascinated I was with movies. I was fascinated with the lifestyle of these guys--how they lived, how they ran the show. They guys lived like Saudi princes.
6	The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.
7	There aren't a lot of guys like me left. But I'm a war horse. I've been through it all. And you know something about war horses? Through the sleet, through the snow,they just keep going.
8	On his recent film: It's a little movie, but a big little movie.
9	[on his contract with Warner Studios]: Maybe I will continue with Warner and maybe I won't. I hope I do.
10	I'm not in the business to make art; I'm in it to make money to buy art.
11	...My advice to young Producers... The only way to succeed is to get behind a screen-play you really believe in.
12	When California provides the same value as other locations, I'd gladly shoot all my pictures here.
13	[After seeing the poor box office of Streets of Fire (1984).] "Tonight is what it means to be dead."
14	I want an explosion the size of Cleveland.

#	Fact
1	Designated "Lawrence of Arabia" as his favorite all-time film for an AFI poll.
2	He grew up in South Orange, New Jersey.
3	He has a home, Auldbrass Plantation, South Carolina.
4	Lives in Los Angeles and Malibu, California.
5	Attended Lafayette College where he formed the first collegiate Ultimate Frisebee team in 1970.
6	Runs two production companys - Silver Pictures and DarkCastle Entertainment. Co-owned by Robert Zemeckis.
7	Considered the primary founder of Ultimate frisbee in 1968 at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey.
8	Produced three hit action movies that take place at Christmas time, Lethal Weapon (1987), Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2 (1990).
9	Attended the New York University Film School.
10	He is credited with creating the sport of Ultimate Frisbee.
11	Collects houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
12	Caricatured in Grand Canyon (1991), True Romance (1993), and I'll Do Anything (1994)

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Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Predator	2018	producer pre-production
Suburbicon	2017	executive producer filming
Dark Moon		producer announced
Logan's Run		producer announced
Sherlock Holmes 3		producer announced
Twist		TV Series executive producer announced
Untitled Ben 10 Project		producer announced
Collide	2016/I	producer
The Nice Guys	2016	producer
My Friends Call Me Johnny	2014	TV Series executive producer
Veronica Mars	2014	executive producer
Non-Stop	2014	producer
Enemies Closer	2013	executive producer
Getaway	2013	executive producer
Bullet to the Head	2012	executive producer
The Factory	2012/V	producer
The Apparition	2012	producer
El Gringo	2012	executive producer
Stash House	2012	producer
The Philly Kid	2012	executive producer
Dragon Eyes	2012	producer
Project X	2012	executive producer
Transit	2012/I	executive producer
Hail Mary	2011	TV Movie executive producer
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	2011	producer
Unknown	2011/I	producer
The Losers	2010/I	producer
The Book of Eli	2010	producer
The Odds	2010	TV Movie executive producer
Sherlock Holmes	2009	producer
Splice	2009	executive producer
Ninja Assassin	2009	producer
Whiteout	2009	producer
Orphan	2009	producer
The Hills Run Red	2009	Video executive producer
RocknRolla	2008	producer
Moonlight	2007-2008	TV Series executive producer - 16 episodes
Speed Racer	2008	producer
Fred Claus	2007	producer
Return to House on Haunted Hill	2007	Video executive producer
The Brave One	2007	producer
The Invasion	2007/I	producer
Veronica Mars	2004-2007	TV Series executive producer - 64 episodes
The Reaping	2007	producer
V for Vendetta	2005	producer
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	2005	producer
House of Wax	2005	producer
The Studio	2005	TV Series executive producer
Bet Your Life	2004	TV Movie executive producer
Next Action Star	2004	TV Series executive producer - 8 episodes
Prodigy	2004	TV Movie executive producer
Newton	2003	TV Movie executive producer
Gothika	2003	producer
The Matrix Revolutions	2003	producer
Enter the Matrix	2003	Video Game producer
The Matrix Reloaded	2003	producer
The Animatrix	2003	executive producer
Final Flight of the Osiris	2003	Short executive producer
Cradle 2 the Grave	2003	producer
Future Tense	2003	TV Movie executive producer
Ghost Ship	2002	producer
Ritual	2002	executive producer
Jane Doe	2001	TV Movie executive producer
The Matrix Revisited	2001	Video documentary executive producer
Thir13en Ghosts	2001	producer
Swordfish	2001	producer
Proximity	2001	executive producer
Exit Wounds	2001	producer
Dungeons & Dragons	2000	executive producer
Freedom	2000	TV Series executive producer - 1 episode
Action	1999-2000	TV Series executive producer - 13 episodes
Romeo Must Die	2000	producer
House on Haunted Hill	1999	producer
The Strip	1999	TV Series executive producer
Made Men	1999	producer
The Matrix	1999	producer
Lethal Weapon 4	1998	producer
Double Tap	1997	producer
Conspiracy Theory	1997	producer
Perversions of Science	1997	TV Series executive producer - 10 episodes
Fathers' Day	1997	producer
Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House	1996	TV Series executive producer - 1997
Bordello of Blood	1996	executive producer
Tales from the Crypt		TV Series executive producer - 93 episodes, 1989 - 1996 producer - 6 episodes, 1989
Executive Decision	1996	producer
Fair Game	1995	producer
Assassins	1995	producer
W.E.I.R.D. World	1995	TV Movie executive producer
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies	1995	TV Movie documentary producer
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight	1995	executive producer
Ri¢hie Ri¢h	1994	producer
Tales from the Cryptkeeper	1993-1994	TV Series executive producer - 5 episodes
Demolition Man	1993	producer
Lethal Weapon 3	1992	producer
Two-Fisted Tales	1992	TV Movie executive producer
The Last Boy Scout	1991	producer
Ricochet	1991	producer
Hudson Hawk	1991	producer
Predator 2	1990	producer
Parker Kane	1990	TV Movie executive producer
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane	1990	producer
Die Hard 2	1990	producer
Lethal Weapon 2	1989	producer
Road House	1989	producer
Die Hard	1988	producer
Action Jackson	1988	producer
Predator	1987	producer
Lethal Weapon	1987	producer
Jumpin' Jack Flash	1986	producer
Commando	1985	producer
Weird Science	1985	producer
Brewster's Millions	1985	producer
Streets of Fire	1984	producer
48 Hrs.	1982	producer
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again	1982	executive producer
Xanadu	1980	co-producer
The Warriors	1979	associate producer
Max	1976	Short producer

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Renegades	1983	TV Series production executive - 1 episode
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper	1981	creative consultant
Hooper	1978	assistant to executive producer
The End	1978	assistant to producer
The Bette Midler Show	1976	TV Special assistant to the producer

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Osmosis Jones	2001		Police Chief (voice, uncredited)
Tales from the Crypt	1991	TV Series	Crypt Keeper's Chainsaw Victim
Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988		Raoul
Kraft Theatre	1958	TV Series	Insp. Davis

Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
Tales from the Crypt	1992	TV Series 1 episode

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Come Up	2012	Short the producers wish to thank
A Man's Story	2010	Documentary special thanks
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story	2007	Documentary special thanks
No Boundaries	2006	Short special thanks
Getting Into the Action	2006	Video documentary short special thanks
The Matrix: Path of Neo	2005	Video Game special thanks
Return to Source: Philosophy & 'The Matrix'	2004	Video documentary thanks
The Burly Man Chronicles	2004	Video documentary thanks
The Hard Problem: The Science Behind the Fiction	2004	Video documentary thanks
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'	2001	Video documentary short special thanks
The Matrix Revisited	2001	Video documentary special thanks
HBO First Look	2000	TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode
Tales from the Cryptkeeper	1999	TV Series special thanks - 13 episodes
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory	1998	TV Movie documentary special thanks
Pure Lethal!: New Angles, New Scenes, and Explosive Outtakes	1998	Video documentary short special thanks
The Chili Con Carne Club	1995	Short special thanks
The Crypt Keeper Presents: A Spine-Tingling Look at Tales from the Crypt	1995	Documentary short special thanks
Demolition Man	1994	Video Game very special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Thir13en Ghosts Revealed	2002	Video short documentary	Himself - Producer
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'	2001	Video documentary short	Himself
The Matrix Revisited	2001	Video documentary	Producer
Swordfish: In Conversation	2001	Video documentary short	Himself
Swordfish: The Effects in Focus - The Flying Bus	2001	Video documentary short	Himself
Video Press Pak: The Making of 'Die Hard'	2001	Documentary short	Himself
Making 'The Matrix'	1999	TV Short documentary	Himself
The Matrix: The Movie Special	1999	TV Movie	Himself
The Making of 'Die Hard'	1999	Documentary short	Himself
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory	1998	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Lethal Weapon 4: Cast and Crew Interviews	1998	Video documentary short	Himself
Pure Lethal!: New Angles, New Scenes, and Explosive Outtakes	1998	Video documentary short	Himself - Producer
The Crypt Keeper Presents: A Spine-Tingling Look at Tales from the Crypt	1995	Documentary short	Himself
Entertainment UK	1992	TV Series	Himself - Interviewee
Mel Gibson's Video Diary 2: Lethal Weapon 3	1991	TV Special short	Himself
The Horror Hall of Fame II	1991	TV Movie	Himself
Made in Hollywood	2010-2016	TV Series	Himself
Decoding Die Hard	2013	Video documentary	Himself
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot	2013	Documentary	Himself
A Family Affair: Bringing 'Lethal Weapon' to Life	2012	Video documentary short	Himself
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'	2012	Video documentary short	Himself
Psycho Pension: The Genesis of 'Lethal Weapon'	2012	Video documentary short	Himself
Pulling the Trigger: Expanding the World of 'Lethal Weapon'	2012	Video documentary short	Himself
The American Cinematheque Tribute to Robert Downey Jr	2011	TV Movie	Himself
Unknown: Interviews with Cast and Crew	2011	Video documentary short	Himself
Unknown: The Story	2011	Video short	Himself
Liam Neeson: Known Action Hero	2011	Video short	Himself
Unknown: What Is Known?	2011	Video short	Himself
The Book of Eli: Eli's Journey	2010	Video short	Himself
The Book of Eli: Survival Guide Focus Points	2010	Video documentary short	Himself
Drawbridges & Dollies: Designing a Late Victorian London	2010	Video short	Himself
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented	2010	Video documentary short	Himself
Entertainment Tonight	2007-2009	TV Series	Himself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan	2007-2009	TV Series	Himself
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children	2009	Video documentary short	Himself
Xposé	2008	TV Series	Himself
Denise Richards: It's Complicated	2008	TV Series	Himself
Director's Notebook: Re-imagining a Cult Classic for the 21st Century	2008	Video documentary short	Himself
I Walk the City	2008	Video documentary short	Himself
We've Been Snatched Before	2008	Video documentary short	Himself
Caiga quien caiga	2007	TV Series	Himself
Shootout	2005-2007	TV Series	Himself
Charlie Rose	2003-2007	TV Series	Himself - Guest / Himself
Staar: She'd Rather Be a Mistress	2007		Himself
Entourage	2007	TV Series	Himself
Space Top 10 Countdown	2006	TV Series	Himself
Designing the Near Future	2006	Video documentary short	Himself
England Prevails: V for Vendetta and the New Wave in Comics	2006	Video documentary short	Himself
Freedom! Forever!: Making 'V for Vendetta'	2006	Video documentary short	Himself
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked	2006	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Getting Into the Action	2006	Video documentary short	Himself
Film '72	2005	TV Series	Himself
From Location: Joel Silver Reveals 'House of Wax'	2005	Video short	Himself
Movie Life: House of Wax	2005	TV Series	Himself
Tales from the Crypt: Season II Shockumentary	2005	Video documentary short	Himself
The Burly Man Chronicles	2004	Video documentary	Himself
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase	2004	Video documentary	Himself
The Matrix Reloaded: Unplugged	2004	Video documentary	Himself
Gothika: Painting with Fire	2004	Video short	Himself
On the Set of 'Gothika'	2004	Video short	Himself
Future Gamer: Matrix Online	2004	Video short	Himself
Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future	2004	Video short	Himself
The Matrix Recalibrated	2004	Video documentary short	Himself
The Matrix Revolutions: CG Revolution	2004	Video documentary short	Himself
The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith	2004	Video short	Himself
Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television	2004	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Punk'd	2003	TV Series	Himself
HBO First Look	1999-2003	TV Series documentary	Himself
Tinseltown TV	2003	TV Series	Himself
Making 'Enter the Matrix'	2003	Video documentary short	Himself
The Matrix Reloaded: Get Me an Exit	2003	Video short	Himself
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load	2003	Video documentary short	Himself
The Matrix Unfolds	2003	Video short	Himself
Executions: The Making of 'The Animatrix'	2003	Video documentary	Himself
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime	2003	Video documentary short	Himself
Filmland	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself
From the Matrix to Revolutions: Behind the Scenes	2003	Video short	Himself
Inside 'The Animatrix'	2003	Video documentary short	Himself
Interviews from the Set of 'The Matrix Revolutions'	2003	Video documentary short	Himself
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	2002	TV Series	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Attack of the Show!	2012	TV Series	Himself
Anime: Drawing a Revolution	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit	2003	Video documentary short	Himself

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1995	Life Career Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1993	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Motion Picture	On 7 October 1993. At 6925 Hollywood Blvd.
1992	Razzie Award	Razzie Awards	Worst Picture	Hudson Hawk (1991)
1991	Razzie Award	Razzie Awards	Worst Picture	The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
1990	ShoWest Award	ShoWest Convention, USA	Producer of the Year

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2011	Black Reel	Black Reel Awards	Best Film	The Book of Eli (2010)
1997	Daytime Emmy	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Audience Participation Show/Game Show	Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House (1996)
1995	CableACE	CableACE Awards	Dramatic Series	Tales from the Crypt (1989)
1995	CableACE	CableACE Awards	Dramatic Series	Tales from the Crypt (1989)
1994	CableACE	CableACE Awards	Dramatic Series	Tales from the Crypt (1989)
1993	CableACE	CableACE Awards	Dramatic Series	Tales from the Crypt (1989)
1991	Stinker Award	The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards	Worst Picture	Hudson Hawk (1991)
1990	Razzie Award	Razzie Awards	Worst Picture	Road House (1989)

Known for movies

The Matrix (1999)
as Producer

V for Vendetta (2005)
as Producer

Die Hard (1988)
as Producer

Sherlock Holmes (2009)
as Producer