Dean Silvers
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Dean Silvers | |
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| Born | Dean Silvers |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer, film director, screenwriter, attorney, author |
| Years active | 1985 – present |
| Spouse | Marlen Hecht (m. 1987) |
| Website | deansilvers |
Dean Silvers is an American film producer, film director, screenwriter, attorney and author.[1][2][3]
Personal life[edit]
Dean Silvers was born in Brooklyn, New York and currently resides in Manhattan, New York with his wife, Marlen Hecht, and their two sons, Forrest Silvers and Tyler Silvers.[3]
Silvers is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Career[edit]
He produced Flirting with Disaster, Manny & Lo, and Spanking the Monkey, which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and two Independent Spirit Awards.[4][5]
The New York Times "Bookshelf" column wrote that Silvers' book, Secrets of Breaking into the Film and TV Business (William Morrow and Company/HarperCollins), is "brimming with helpful hints".[6]
Filmography[edit]
- Unconquered (1989) (co-producer) (CBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS))[7]
- Resident Alien (1990) (co-producer) (Docurama)[8]
- The Last Good Time (1994) (producer) (The Samuel Goldwyn Company)
- Spanking the Monkey (1994) (producer) (Fine Line Features)[9]
- Wigstock: The Movie (1995) (producer) (The Samuel Goldwyn Company)
- Manny & Lo (1996) (producer) (Sony Pictures Classics)[9]
- Flirting with Disaster (1996) (producer) (Miramax Films)[9]
- Split Screen (1997–2001) (executive producer) (Independent Film Channel (IFC))
- Warriors of the French Foreign Legion (2000) (executive producer) (Discovery Channel)[10]
- Committed (2000) (producer) (Miramax Films)[9]
- Border Patrol: Life on the Line (2001) (executive producer) (Discovery Channel)
- The Atlantis Conspiracy (2001) (director, writer, and producer) (Home Box Office (HBO) and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF))
- The Investigators (TruTV series) (2002–2004) (executive producer) (TruTV)[11]
- Dor I' Dor: Honoring the Generations (2008) (producer and writer) (Weizmann Institute of Science)[12]
- Beyond the Fire (2009) (executive producer)
- One Fall (2011) (producer) (Paladin Film)
- Sela (2013) (producer and writer) (Weizmann Institute of Science)[13]
- Becoming Jiff (2018) (executive producer) (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Bibliography[edit]
- Secrets of Breaking into the Film and TV Business (2014, ISBN 0-062-28006-6) (William Morrow and Company/HarperCollins)
References[edit]
- ^ Bernstein, Paula S. "Obsession for Men". Filmmaker. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ^ "Reelzchannel.com". Archived from the original on February 3, 2008. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ a b Berne, Betsy. "The Dean Silvers Indies". Blackbook. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
- ^ Hollywood.com
- ^ Sundance Institute Archives Archived November 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Roberts, Sam. "A New Verdict on Tammany Hall". The New York Times. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ TCM
- ^ Answers.com
- ^ a b c d Fandango.com
- ^ Documentarystorm.com
- ^ TV Guide
- ^ Telly Awards
- ^ Forward.com
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