Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
American screenwriters and producers
Rick Jaffa (born May 8, 1956) and Amanda Silver (born May 24, 1963) are an American husband-and-wife screenwriting and film production duo.
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.
01Personal lives
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.
02Filmography
| Year | Title | Functioned as | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | |||
| 1992 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Silver | Executive (Jaffa) | |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels | Silver | No | TV series, episode "Murder, Obliquely" |
| 1996 | Eye for an Eye | Yes | No | |
| 1997 | The Relic | Yes | No | Co-wrote with Amy Holden Jones and John Raffo |
| 2010 | Love Shack | No | Yes | Also featured in cameos |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2014 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2015 | Jurassic World | Yes | No | Co-wrote with Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly |
| In the Heart of the Sea | Story | No | ||
| 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | No | Yes | |
| 2020 | Mulan | Yes | No | Co-wrote with Lauren Hynek and Elizabeth Martin |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Yes | No | Co-wrote with James Cameron, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno |
| 2024 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | No | Yes | |
| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | Yes | No | Co-wrote with James Cameron, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno |
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