Amanda Silver

Screenwriter

Biography

After apprenticing as an executive assistant at both Tri-Star Pictures and Paramount, Silver received her MFA at USC where her graduate thesis served as the basis for her screenwriting debut, the tidy psychological thriller about the "nanny-from-hell," "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (1992). The screenplay, a classic "you never know whom you can trust" scenario of the "Rosemary's Baby" ...

Filmography

War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

Source Material

Jurassic World (2015)

Screenplay

Family & Companions

Rick Jaffa

Husband

Producer. Executive producer of Silver's debut film "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (1992).

Biography

Silver is the granddaughter of Columbia screenwriter Sidney Buchman (1902-75), renowned for his classic Frank Capra films and is married to Rick Jaffa, executive producer of "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle." She and her husband have subsequently worked on the thrillers "Eye for an Eye" (1996) and "The Relic" (1997).

Filmography

Life Events

1992

Graduate thesis for USC film school filmed as "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"

Family

Sidney Buchman

Grandfather

Screenwriter, producer. Born 1902, died August 23, 1975; wrote screenplays for "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" (1939), "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" (1941), "The Group" (1966) and produced "The Mark" (1961); blacklisted when he refused to name name before HUAC committee and moved to France.

Joe Jaffa

Son

Companions

Rick Jaffa

Husband

Producer. Executive producer of Silver's debut film "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (1992).

Biography

Filmography

Family & Companions

Biography

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Producer (Feature Film)

Film Production - Lighting/Electrical (Feature Film)

Life Events

1992

Family

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