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Full Name
  
Dean Silvers

Role
  
Film producer

Name
  
Dean Silvers


Website
  
deansilvers.com

Years active
  
1985 – present

Spouse
  
Marlen Hecht (m. 1987)

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Other names
  
Dean A. SilversDean Avery Silvers

Occupation
  
Film producerFilm directorScreenwriterEntertainment LawyerAuthor

Children
  
Forrest Silvers, Tyler Silvers

Books
  
Secrets of Breaking Into the Film and TV Business: Tools and Tricks for Today's Directors, Writers, and Actors

Awards
  
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature

Movies
  
Manny & Lo, Flirting with Disaster, Spanking the Monkey, One Fall, Committed

Similar People
  
David O Russell, Marcus Dean Fuller, Glenn Fitzgerald, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein

Profiles

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Dean Silvers is an American film producer, film director, screenwriter, entertainment lawyer and author. He has produced numerous films, including Flirting with Disaster, Manny & Lo, and Spanking the Monkey, which won multiple awards, including the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and two Independent Spirit Awards. The New York Times "Bookshelf" column recommended Silvers' book, Secrets of Breaking into the Film and TV Business (William Morrow and Company/HarperCollins), "What better time to grab Dean Silvers' Secrets of Breaking into the Film and TV Business... Brimming with helpful hints... and new business models that are revolutionizing an industry... "

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Personal life

Dean Silvers was born in Brooklyn, New York and currently resides in Manhattan, New York with his wife, Marlen Hecht, and their two sons, Forrest Silvers and Tyler Silvers.

Filmography

  • Unconquered (1989) (co-producer) (CBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS))
  • Resident Alien (1990) (co-producer) (Docurama)
  • The Last Good Time (1994) (producer) (The Samuel Goldwyn Company)
  • Spanking the Monkey (1994) (producer) (Fine Line Features)
  • Wigstock: The Movie (1995) (producer) (The Samuel Goldwyn Company)
  • Manny & Lo (1996) (producer) (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Flirting with Disaster (1996) (producer) (Miramax Films)
  • Split Screen (1997–2001) (executive producer) (Independent Film Channel (IFC))
  • Warriors of the French Foreign Legion (2000) (executive producer) (Discovery Channel)
  • Committed (2000) (producer) (Miramax Films)
  • Border Patrol: Life on the Line (2001) (executive producer) (Discovery Channel)
  • The Atlantis Conspiracy (2001) (director, writer, and producer) (Home Box Office (HBO) and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF))
  • The Investigators (TruTV series) (2002–2004) (executive producer) (TruTV)
  • Dor I' Dor: Honoring the Generations (2008) (producer and writer) (Weizmann Institute of Science)
  • Beyond the Fire (2009) (executive producer)
  • One Fall (2011) (producer) (Paladin Film)
  • Sela (2013) (producer and writer) (Weizmann Institute of Science)
  • References

    Dean Silvers Wikipedia


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