Jeff Silver

Jeffrey Silver has produced 28 feature films - through his production company Biscayne Pictures, and through his partnership with Outlaw Productions. Currently in release is the epic war drama "300", (Warner Bros), adapted from the graphic novel by Frank Miller ("Sin City"), about the ancient Greek Battle of Thermopylae, and directed by Zack Snyder ("Dawn of the Dead"). Also in release, is “Breach” (Universal), directed by Billy Ray (“Shattered Glass”), starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillipe, and Laura Linney. Now in production is the George Clooney, Rene Zellweger sports comedy “Leatherheads” (Universal), about the early days of pro football.

Outlaw’s recent productions include “The Santa Clause 3” (Disney), directed by Michael Lembeck, starring Tim Allen. Outlaw is looking forward to the ’07 start of the Sudanese refugee saga, "The Lost Boys" (Paramount), to be directed by Brad Silberling.

Recent productions for Biscayne Pictures include the supernatural thriller, "The Return" (Focus/Rogue), starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, and directed by Asif Kapadia ("The Warrior"), and the John Carpenter remake, "Assault on Precinct 13" (Focus/Rogue), with Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne, directed by Jean-Francois Richet.

Currently in active development at Biscayne Pictures are the cold-war romance "Sadness at Leaving" (Lakeshore), and in partnership with The Hollywood Gang, “Conquistador”, the story of the conquest of Mexico, directed by Andrucha Waddington (“House of Sand”), starring Antonio Banderas, and the Giuseppe Tornatore remake, “Everbody’s Fine”, directed by Kirk Jones (“Waking Ned Devine”).

In the course of his career, Jeffrey has produced the dark cop drama "Training Day," (Warner Bros ) with Denzel Washington (Academy Award) and Ethan Hawke (Academy Nomination), the Christmas classics, "The Santa Clause" (Disney) and its 2 sequels, with Tim Allen, buddy cop-comedy "National Security" (Sony) with Martin Lawrence, the twisted romantic comedy, "Addicted To Love" (Warner Bros) with Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick, comic love fable, "Don Juan De Marco," (New Line) with Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando, and cult teen comedy "Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead," (Warner Bros) with Christina Applegate, as well as many other independent and studio motion pictures.

Silver also produced the hit television series "The Wonder Years" (ABC) for which he received an Emmy as Producer for Best Comedy Series.

In 1999, Silver co-founded FilmAid (www.filmaid.org), a non-profit organization, dedicated to bringing projected movies to Refugee Camps around the world. FilmAid has shown hundreds of movies to over a million refugees at outdoor mobile cinemas set up in Macedonia, Afghanistan, Tanzania, and Kenya, drawing nightly crowds in the thousands. FilmAid addresses the problems of refugee despair and psychological trauma, and raises awareness of the global refugee crisis.

Silver grew up in Miami, and graduated with a degree in Theater from Brandeis University, near Boston. His career began, working as an assistant to the reknown producer/director, Otto Preminger, in New York City. He now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.