Dean Silvers

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Dean Silvers | image = Dean_Silvers_SXSW.jpg | caption = Silvers at SXSW book signing | birth_name = Dean Silvers | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | occupation = Film producer, film director, screenwriter, attorney, author | spouse = [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372968/ Marlen Hecht] (m. 1987) | years_active = 1985 – present | website = {{URL|http://DeanSilvers.com/}} }}

'''Dean Silvers''' is an American film producer, film director, screenwriter, attorney and author.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bernstein |first=Paula S. |title=Obsession for Men |journal=Filmmaker |url=http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/issues/summer1994/obsession.php |access-date=October 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306063718/http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/issues/summer1994/obsession.php |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref name=reelz>{{Cite web |url=http://www.reelzchannel.com/person/190819/dean-silvers |title=Reelzchannel.com |access-date=July 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203154534/http://www.reelzchannel.com/person/190819/dean-silvers |archive-date=February 3, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=blackbook>{{Cite journal | last = Berne | first = Betsy | title = The Dean Silvers Indies | journal = Blackbook | url = http://thefilmstage.com/the-dean-silvers-indies/ | access-date = June 10, 2010}}</ref>

==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.<ref name=blackbook />

Silvers is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

== Career == He produced ''Flirting with Disaster'', ''Manny & Lo'', and ''Spanking the Monkey'', which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and two Independent Spirit Awards.<ref>[http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/1531965/Dean_Silvers_Credits#divCredits Hollywood.com]</ref><ref>[http://history.sundance.org/events/29 Sundance Institute Archives] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107141248/http://history.sundance.org/events/29 |date=November 7, 2012 }}</ref>

''The New York Times'' "Bookshelf" column wrote that Silvers' book, ''Secrets of Breaking into the Film and TV Business'' (William Morrow and Company/HarperCollins), is "brimming with helpful hints".<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Roberts | first = Sam | title = A New Verdict on Tammany Hall | journal = The New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/nyregion/a-new-verdict-on-tammany-hall.html?_r=0 | access-date = March 7, 2014}}</ref>

==Filmography== * ''Unconquered'' (1989) (co-producer) (CBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS))<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180704214120/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/476062/Unconquered/ TCM]</ref> * ''Resident Alien'' (1990) (co-producer) (Docurama)<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/resident-alien-quentin-crisp-in-america Answers.com]</ref> * ''The Last Good Time'' (1994) (producer) (The Samuel Goldwyn Company) * ''Spanking the Monkey'' (1994) (producer) (Fine Line Features)<ref name=fandango>[http://www.fandango.com/deansilvers/filmography/p111498 Fandango.com]</ref> * ''Wigstock: The Movie'' (1995) (producer) (The Samuel Goldwyn Company) * ''Manny & Lo'' (1996) (producer) (Sony Pictures Classics)<ref name=fandango /> * ''Flirting with Disaster'' (1996) (producer) (Miramax Films)<ref name=fandango /> * ''Split Screen'' (1997–2001) (executive producer) (Independent Film Channel (IFC)) * ''Warriors of the French Foreign Legion'' (2000) (executive producer) (Discovery Channel)<ref>[http://documentarystorm.com/warriors-of-the-french-foreign-legion/ Documentarystorm.com]</ref> * ''Committed'' (2000) (producer) (Miramax Films)<ref name=fandango /> * ''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)<ref name="tvguide.com">[http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=198009&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=4128139 TV Guide]</ref> * ''Dor I' Dor: Honoring the Generations'' (2008) (producer and writer) (Weizmann Institute of Science)<ref>[http://www.tellyawards.com/winners/list/?l=T&pageNum_winners=16&totalRows_winners=511&event=10&category= Telly Awards]</ref> * ''Beyond the Fire'' (2009) (executive producer) * ''One Fall'' (2011) (producer) (Paladin Film) * ''Sela'' (2013) (producer and writer) (Weizmann Institute of Science)<ref>[http://blogs.forward.com/the-shmooze/175244/singer-einat-sarouf-leads-a-hora-at-weizmann-insti/ Forward.com]</ref> * ''Becoming Jiff'' (2018) (executive producer) (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

==Bibliography== * ''Secrets of Breaking into the Film and TV Business'' (2014, {{ISBN|0-062-28006-6}}) (William Morrow and Company/HarperCollins)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0799003|Dean Silvers}} *{{Official website|http://www.deansilvers.com/}}

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