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{{short description|American film director, screenwriter}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
|name=Scott Silver
| name = Scott Silver
|birth_date=
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|11|30}}
|birth_place=[[United States]]
| birth_place = [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], U.S.
|occupation=[[Screenwriter]], [[film director]]
| occupation = [[Screenwriter]], [[film director]]
|education = [[AFI Conservatory]]
| education = [[Boston University]] (BA)
| notable_works = ''[[Johns (film)|Johns]]''<br> ''[[The Mod Squad (film)|The Mod Squad]]''<br>''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]''<br>''[[The Fighter]]''<br>''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]''
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'''Scott Silver''' is an American screenwriter<ref>[http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/popcornbiz/The-Fighter-Screenwriters-Next-Round-A-Superhero-Flick-116271314.html NBC]</ref> and film director.<ref name=NYT>[https://movies.nytimes.com/person/203202/Scott-Silver The New York Times]</ref>
'''Scott Silver''' (born November 30, 1964) is an American screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/popcornbiz/The-Fighter-Screenwriters-Next-Round-A-Superhero-Flick-116271314.html|title="The Fighter" Screenwriter's Next Round: A Superhero Flick|first=Scott|last=Huver|website=NBC Bay Area|date=15 February 2011 }}</ref> and film director.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/26/movies/film-review-the-squad-that-was-mod-is-reshod.html|title=FILM REVIEW; The Squad That Was Mod Is Reshod|author-link=Lawrence Van Gelder|author=Gelder, Lawrence Van|date=March 26, 1999|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>


Silver is best known for such films as ''[[Johns (film)|Johns]]'',<ref>[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C05E6D9173DF932A05752C0A961958260 The New York Times]</ref> ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'' and ''[[The Fighter]]'', for which he was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for Best Original Screenplay.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scott-silver-fighter-96527 The Hollywood Reporter]</ref> He is of [[American Jews|Jewish]] descent.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars 2/18 |publisher=[[Cleveland Jewish News]]|date=February 18, 2011|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars/article_7e0fb163-40ce-5c20-9f17-ee338570edab.html|accessdate=January 5, 2018}}</ref>
Silver is best known for such films as ''[[Johns (film)|Johns]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/31/movies/even-midnight-cowboys-have-sunshine-dreams.html|author-link=Stephen Holden|title=Even Midnight Cowboys Have Sunshine Dreams|first=Stephen|last=Holden|work=The New York Times |date=January 31, 1997|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> ''[[The Mod Squad (film)|The Mod Squad]]'',<ref name=NYT/> ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'', ''[[The Fighter]]'', for which he was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scott-silver-fighter-96527|title=Scott Silver, 'The Fighter'|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=4 February 2011 }}</ref> and ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'', for which he was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], alongside [[Todd Phillips]]. He is [[American Jews|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars 2/18 |publisher=[[Cleveland Jewish News]]|date=February 18, 2011|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars/article_7e0fb163-40ce-5c20-9f17-ee338570edab.html|accessdate=January 5, 2018}}</ref> He is also set to co-write the script to the upcoming [[Spawn (character)|''Spawn'']] reboot, entitled ''King Spawn''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=2022-10-05 |title='Spawn' Movie Finds New Writers With 'Joker,' 'Captain America 4' Scribes (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spawn-movie-finds-new-writers-jamie-foxx-1235232458/ |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=2024-07-22 |title=‘King Spawn’ – Jason Blum Teases New Screenplay for Long-Awaited ‘Spawn’ Movie |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3821337/king-spawn-jason-blum-teases-new-screenplay-for-long-awaited-spawn-movie/ |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}}</ref>

He graduated from [[Boston University]]'s [[Boston University College of Communication|College of Communication]] in 1986.<ref>[https://www.bu.edu/bostonia/web/bostonwood/ The Bostonwood Boom]</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year !! Film !! Credit !! Notes
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Writer
|-
|-
|1996
|1996
|''[[Johns (film)|Johns]]''
|''[[Johns (film)|Johns]]''
|{{yes}}
|Director, written by
|{{yes}}
|-
|1997
|''[[The House of Yes]]''
|Co-executive producer
|-
|-
|1999
|1999
|''[[The Mod Squad (film)|The Mod Squad]]''
|''[[The Mod Squad (film)|The Mod Squad]]''
|{{yes}}
|Director, written by
|{{yes}}
|Co-wrote with [[Stephen Kay]] and [[Kate Lanier]]
|-
|2000
|''[[Requiem for a Dream]]
|Special thanks
|-
|-
|2002
|2002
|''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]''
|''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]''
|{{no}}
|Written by
|{{yes}}
|-
|2007
|''[[Then She Found Me]]
|Thanks
|-
|2009
|''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]''
|Uncredited rewrites
|Co-wrote with [[James Vanderbilt]]
|-
|-
|2010
|2010
|''[[The Fighter]]''
|''[[The Fighter]]''
|{{no}}
|rowspan="2"|Screenplay by
|{{yes}}
|Co-wrote screenplay with Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson, based on a story by Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson & Keith Dorrington
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|2016
|2016
|''[[The Finest Hours (2016 film)|The Finest Hours]]''
|''[[The Finest Hours (2016 film)|The Finest Hours]]''
|{{no}}
|Co-wrote with Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
|{{yes}}
|-
|-
|2019
|''[[Bleed for This]]''
|''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]''
|Ben Younger would like to thank
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|-
|2024
|2017
|''[[Stronger (film)|Stronger]]''
|''[[Joker: Folie à Deux]]''
|{{no}}
|Producer
|{{yes}}
|-
|-
|}
|2018

|''[[Siberia (2018 film)|Siberia]]
'''Producer'''
|Special thanks
* ''[[Stronger (film)|Stronger]]'' (2017)

'''Co-executive producer'''
* ''[[The House of Yes]]'' (1997)

'''Special thanks'''
* ''[[Requiem for a Dream]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Then She Found Me]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Bleed for This]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Siberia (2018 film)|Siberia]]'' (2018)

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Work
! Result
|-
|-
|2011
|2019
|[[83rd Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
|''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]''
|[[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
|Written by
|''[[The Fighter]]''
|Co-wrote with [[Todd Phillips]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="4"|2020
|[[25th Critics' Choice Awards|Critics' Choice Movie Award]]
|[[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
|rowspan="4"|''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[73rd British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Award]]
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Writers Guild of America Awards 2019|Writers Guild of America Award]]
|Best Adapted Screenplay
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[92nd Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
|{{nom}}
|}
|}


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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0798788}}
*{{IMDb name|0798788}}

{{Satellite Award Best Adapted Screenplay}}


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Latest revision as of 13:33, 25 September 2024

Scott Silver
Born (1964-11-30) November 30, 1964 (age 60)
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationBoston University (BA)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film director
Notable workJohns
The Mod Squad
8 Mile
The Fighter
Joker

Scott Silver (born November 30, 1964) is an American screenwriter[1] and film director.[2]

Silver is best known for such films as Johns,[3] The Mod Squad,[2] 8 Mile, The Fighter, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay,[4] and Joker, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, alongside Todd Phillips. He is Jewish.[5] He is also set to co-write the script to the upcoming Spawn reboot, entitled King Spawn.[6][7]

He graduated from Boston University's College of Communication in 1986.[8]

Filmography

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Year Title Director Writer
1996 Johns Yes Yes
1999 The Mod Squad Yes Yes
2002 8 Mile No Yes
2010 The Fighter No Yes
2016 The Finest Hours No Yes
2019 Joker No Yes
2024 Joker: Folie à Deux No Yes

Producer

Co-executive producer

Special thanks

Awards and nominations

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Year Association Category Work Result
2011 Academy Award Best Original Screenplay The Fighter Nominated
2020 Critics' Choice Movie Award Best Adapted Screenplay Joker Nominated
British Academy Film Award Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
Writers Guild of America Award Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
Academy Award Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Huver, Scott (15 February 2011). ""The Fighter" Screenwriter's Next Round: A Superhero Flick". NBC Bay Area.
  2. ^ a b Gelder, Lawrence Van (March 26, 1999). "FILM REVIEW; The Squad That Was Mod Is Reshod". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Holden, Stephen (January 31, 1997). "Even Midnight Cowboys Have Sunshine Dreams". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ "Scott Silver, 'The Fighter'". The Hollywood Reporter. 4 February 2011.
  5. ^ Bloom, Nate (February 18, 2011). "Jewish Stars 2/18". Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  6. ^ Couch, Aaron (2022-10-05). "'Spawn' Movie Finds New Writers With 'Joker,' 'Captain America 4' Scribes (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  7. ^ Squires, John (2024-07-22). "'King Spawn' – Jason Blum Teases New Screenplay for Long-Awaited 'Spawn' Movie". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  8. ^ The Bostonwood Boom
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