Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver | |
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Born | Rick Jaffa May 8, 1956 Dallas County, Texas, U.S. Amanda Silver May 24, 1963 U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriters, film producers |
Years active | 1992–present |
Children | 2 |
Rick Jaffa (born May 8, 1956) and Amanda Silver (born May 24, 1963) are an American husband and wife screenwriting and film production duo.[1]
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 they 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 all 4 sequels to James Cameron's Avatar, starting with Avatar: The Way of Water,[2] which was theatrically released in 2022.[3]
Personal lives
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.[4] In 2015, she was named one of the "Most Influential Women In Hollywood" by Elle Magazine.[5]
Filmography
Year | Title | Functioned as | Notes | |
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Writer | Producer | |||
1992 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Yes (Silver) | Executive (Jaffa) | |
1993 | Fallen Angels | Yes (Silver) | No | TV series, 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 | Story | No | ||
2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | No | Yes | |
2020 | Mulan | Yes | No | |
2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Yes | No | |
2024 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Yes | Yes | Post-production |
2025 | Avatar 3 | Yes | No | Post-production |
2029 | Avatar 4 | Story | No | Filming |
2031 | Avatar 5 | Story | No | Pre-production |
References
- ^ Interview with Amanda Silver & Rick Jaffa, Media Mikes, August 4, 2011
- ^ Fleming, Mike (August 2013). "'Avatar' Sequels Upped To Three; Fox, James Cameron Set Trio of Writers To Spearhead". Deadline. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ McNary, Dave (April 22, 2017). "'Avatar' Sequel Release Dates Set, Starting in December, 2020". Variety. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ^ "Amanda Silver". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
- ^ "The 50 Women Who Rule Hollywood Now". October 21, 2015.
External links
- Rick Jaffa at IMDb
- Amanda Silver at IMDb