Biography
Amanda Silver (born May 24, 1963) is an American screenwriter and film producer, partnering with her husband, Rick Jaffa. 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 ...
Complete Filmography

Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
Story, Screenplay
In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash Peop...

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024
Characters, Producer
Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shad...

Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
Story, Screenplay
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follo...

Mulan
2020
Screenplay
When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan, ...

War for the Planet of the Apes
2017
Producer, Characters
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Cae...

In the Heart of the Sea
2015
Story
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almo...

Jurassic World
2015
Screenplay, Story
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally en...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014
Producer, Writer, Characters
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain...

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
Screenplay, Producer
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primat...

The Relic
1997
Screenplay
A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

Eye for an Eye
1996
Writer
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Ro...

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992
Screenplay
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize P...
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
N/A
Original Film Writer
A woman seeks vengeance on a victim of her pedophile husband after he's imprisoned and takes his own life, unleashing a twisted trail of violence agai...