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Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
Born	Rick Jaffa (1956-05-08) May 8, 1956 (age 68) Dallas County, Texas, U.S. Amanda Silver (1963-05-24) May 24, 1963 (age 61) New York City, U.S.
Occupations	Screenwriters film producers
Years active	1992–present
Children	2

Rick Jaffa (born May 8, 1956) and Amanda Silver (born May 24, 1963) are an American husband-and-wife screenwriting and film production duo.^[1]

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,^[2] which was theatrically released in 2022.^[3]

Personal 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.^[4] In 2015, she was named one of the "Most Influential Women In Hollywood" by Elle Magazine.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Functioned as		Notes
Year	Title	Writer	Producer	Notes
1992	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	Yes (Silver)	Executive (Jaffa)
1993	Fallen Angels	Yes (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
2015	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 Hyneck 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	Post-production
2029	Avatar 4	Story	No	Filming On Hiatus
2031	Avatar 5	Story	No	In development

References

^ Interview with Amanda Silver & Rick Jaffa, Media Mikes, August 4, 2011
^ Fleming, Mike (August 2013). "'Avatar' Sequels Upped To Three; Fox, James Cameron Set Trio of Writers To Spearhead". Deadline. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
^ McNary, Dave (April 22, 2017). "'Avatar' Sequel Release Dates Set, Starting in December, 2020". Variety. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
^ "Amanda Silver". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
^ "The 50 Women Who Rule Hollywood Now". October 21, 2015.

External links

Rick Jaffa at IMDb
Amanda Silver at IMDb

v t e Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
Screenplay	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992, Silver only) Eye for an Eye (1996) The Relic (1997) Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) Jurassic World (2015) Mulan (2020) Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
Story	In the Heart of the Sea (2015) Avatar 4 (2029) Avatar 5 (2031)
Produced	Love Shack (2010) War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

v t e Saturn Award for Best Writing
1970s	William Peter Blatty (1973) Ib Melchior/Harlan Ellison (1974/75) Jimmy Sangster (1976) George Lucas (1977) Elaine May and Warren Beatty (1978) Nicholas Meyer (1979)
1980s	William Peter Blatty (1980) Lawrence Kasdan (1981) Melissa Mathison (1982) Ray Bradbury (1983) James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd (1984) Tom Holland (1985) James Cameron (1986) Michael Miner and Edward Neumeier (1987) Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg (1988) William Peter Blatty (1989/90)
1990s	Ted Tally (1991) James V. Hart (1992) Michael Crichton and David Koepp (1993) Jim Harrison and Wesley Strick (1994) Andrew Kevin Walker (1995) Kevin Williamson (1996) Mike Werb and Michael Colleary (1997) Andrew Niccol (1998) Charlie Kaufman (1999)
2000s	David Hayter (2000) Steven Spielberg (2001) Scott Frank and Jon Cohen (2002) Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson (2003) Alvin Sargent (2004) Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer (2005) Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris (2006) Brad Bird (2007) Christopher and Jonathan Nolan (2008) James Cameron (2009)
2010s	Christopher Nolan (2010) Jeff Nichols (2011) Quentin Tarantino (2012) Spike Jonze (2013) Christopher and Jonathan Nolan (2014) Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams, and Michael Arndt (2015) Eric Heisserer (2016) Rian Johnson (2017) Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and John Krasinski (2018/19) Quentin Tarantino (2019/20)
2020s	Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan (2021/22) James Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (2022/23)

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Amanda Silver	ISNI VIAF Germany United States France BnF data IdRef Japan Czech Republic Spain Netherlands Poland WorldCat
Rick Jaffa	ISNI VIAF Germany United States France BnF data IdRef Czech Republic Spain Netherlands Poland WorldCat

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