Amanda Silver (b. 1963)

Alias:
Amanda Silver
Аманда Сільвер
أماندا سيلفر

Birthplace:
USA

Born:
May 24, 1963

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

Original Film Writer:
2014  Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2017  War for the Planet of the Apes
2024  Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
????  The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

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
????  The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Screenplay:
1992  The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
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
????  The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Story:
1992  The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
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
????  The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Writer:
1992  The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
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
????  The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Teleplay:
1993  Fallen Angels

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