A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Рік Джаффа
Born:
May 8, 1956
Rick Jaffa (born May 8, 1956) is an American screenwriter and film producer, partnering with his wife, Amanda Silver. 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.
Characters:
2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes
2024 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Producer:
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes
2024 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Screenplay:
1997 The Relic
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2015 Jurassic World
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes
2020 Mulan
2022 Avatar: The Way of Water
2024 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash
Story:
1997 The Relic
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2015 In the Heart of the Sea
2015 Jurassic World
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes
2020 Mulan
2022 Avatar: The Way of Water
2024 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash
Writer:
1996 Eye for an Eye
1997 The Relic
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2015 In the Heart of the Sea
2015 Jurassic World
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes
2020 Mulan
2022 Avatar: The Way of Water
2024 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash
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