Amanda Silver

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Amanda Silver

Born May 24, 1963 (63 years old)·USA·Female

Biography

Amanda Silver (born May 24, 1963) is an American screenwriter and film producer, partnering with her husband, Rick Jaffa.

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A married couple since 1989 who have been working together since 1992, they came to prominence for writing and producing the Planet of the Apes reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), co-writing and producing its direct sequel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), and producing the subsequent sequels War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024). They were also co-writers on Jurassic World (2015), In the Heart of the Sea (2015), and Mulan (2020). In 2013, the two were announced as co-writers of all four sequels to James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar, starting with Avatar: The Way of Water, which was theatrically released in 2022. Jaffa and Silver have been married since 1989 and have two children. Silver is the sister of actor Michael B. Silver and the granddaughter of screenwriter and producer Sidney Buchman. In 2015, she was named one of the "Most Influential Women in Hollywood" by Elle Magazine. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

22 credits across 18 titles
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Writing

16 credits

Production

5 credits

As self

1 credit

Talk shows, festival coverage and documentary appearances, kept out of the acting list.