Michael B. Silver (57)

Wissenswertes

Geboren: ✹ 08. Juli 1967 in USA

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Biographie

Born and raised in Manhattan, a graduate of Brown University, Michael comes from a long line of filmmakers. His grandfather,
Oscar-winning screenwriter
Sidney Buchman, ran Columbia Pictures
under Harry Cohn throughout the 1930s
and 1940s and wrote and produced such films as
Mr. Smith geht nach Washington (1939),
Urlaub vom Himmel (1941),
Zeuge der Anklage (1942),
Die schreckliche Wahrheit (1937)
Sahara (1943),
Polonaise (1945),
Die Schwester der Braut (1938),
In den Fesseln von Shangri-La (1937),
Der Jazzsänger (1946),
Cleopatra (1934),
Theodora wird wild (1936) and
more than 20 others. He was blacklisted in 1951 but continued to write
from Cannes until his death in 1975.

Michael's sister, Amanda Silver,
wrote
Die Hand an der Wiege (1992)
and she and her husband, Rick Jaffa, wrote and produced Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, among others. They are currently writing Avatar 2, due 2016.