Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Screenwriters, film producers |
Years active | 1992–present |
Notable work | Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, War for the Planet of the Apes, Jurassic World |
Children | Joe Jaffa,[1] Franki Jaffa |
Relatives | Sidney Buchman (grandfather) (Silver) |
Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver are American screenwriters and film producers. They are husband and wife.[2]
They are best known for having written and co-produced the 2011 science-fiction film Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a commercially and critically successful reboot of the Planet of the Apes franchise for which they were nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Writing. They were also co-writers/producers of its 2014 sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and produced the third installment, War for the Planet of the Apes, in 2017.
They co-wrote Jurassic World and the screen story of In the Heart of the Sea, both 2015 films. In 2013, they were announced to be the co-writers of James Cameron's Avatar 3,[3] planned for 2021.[4]
Born to a Jewish family,[5] Silver is the sister of actor Michael B. Silver, and the granddaughter of screenwriter and producer Sidney Buchman.[6] In 2015, she was named one of the "Most Influential Women In Hollywood" by Elle Magazine.[7] Jaffa was raised Christian but had a Jewish great-grandfather and attends the post-denominational Jewish congregation IKAR with his wife.[5] The couple have been married for 25 years (as of 2015).[8]
Filmography
Year | Title | Functioned as | Notes | |
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Writer | Producer | |||
1992 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Yes | No | Silver only as writer; also Jaffa as executive producer |
Fallen Angels (TV series) | Yes | No | Silver only Episode: "Murder, Obliquely" | |
1996 | Eye for an Eye | Yes | No | |
1997 | The Relic | Yes | No | |
2010 | Love Shack | No | Yes | Also featured in cameos |
2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Yes | Yes | |
2014 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Yes | Yes | |
2015 | Jurassic World | Yes | No | |
In the Heart of the Sea | Yes | No | ||
2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | No | Yes | |
2020 | Mulan | Yes | No | In pre-production |
2021 | Avatar 3 | Yes | No | Filming |
References
- ↑ "Amanda Silver". Movies.yahoo.com. April 20, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ Interview with Amanda Silver & Rick Jaffa, Media Mikes, August 4, 2011
- ↑ Fleming, Mike. "'Avatar' Sequels Upped To Three; Fox, James Cameron Set Trio of Writers To Spearhead". Deadline. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ McNary, Dave (2017-04-22). "'Avatar' Sequel Release Dates Set, Starting in December, 2020". Variety. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
- 1 2 Staff, Toi (June 20, 2015). "Jurassic World's Jewish writers". Times of Israel.
- ↑ "Amanda Silver". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a30783/hollywood-studio-powerlist/
- ↑ "Jews in the News: Ahmed Zayat, Eric Balfour and Ashley Tisdale". Tampa Jewish Federation. 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
External links
- Rick Jaffa on IMDb
- Amanda Silver on IMDb