Joel Silverman

Writer-director-producer Joel Silverman has scripted projects for some of Hollywood's most respected directors like Academy Award-winner Ed Zwick (Traffic, Legends of the Fall). He has either sold scripts or been hired on assignment by most of the major studios. In 2001, Disney hired him to write the sports drama Hell on Wheels for producer Rachel Pfeffer (A Few Good Men). In 2000, Disney also hired him to write the comedy Lamont's Maccabees, which began production in June, 2003. In 1999, Fox hired Silverman to pen the life story of Mario Andretti - a script called The Road To Montona. In 1998, Fox also hired Silverman to write the life story of boxer Boom Boom Mancini. In 1998, producers Bonnie Bruckheimer and Bette Midler hired him to write Girl Ball, a film about women's basketball for Lifetime. In 1997, Fox 200 outbid Universal, Disney and Warner Bros. for Silverman's Fly, a bio-pic of Olympic gold medalist Mel Stewart. Ed Zwick was attached to produce Fly. In 1996, MGM bought his comedy, Curve, with Jonathan Krane/John Travolta attached to produce.In 2001, Nailed (2001), starring Academy Award-nominee Harvey Keitel was Silverman's first directing effort. The script was first sold to Hollywood Pictures in 1995. It was second at the Los Angeles Film Festival and won the Long Island Film Festival.