A leading producer of action-adventure movies of the 1980s and 90s, Silver has been dubbed by PREMIERE as "The Selznick of Schlock" for his splashy, crowd-pleasing fare. After producing and starring in student films at NYU, Silver began his career as an assistant to producer Lawrence Gordon. His first credit was as associate producer on "The Warriors" (1979). Soon, he was president of the motion picture division of Lawrence Gordon Pictures. With Gordon, Silver produced such hits as "48 Hrs." (1982) and the teen comedy "Weird Science" (1985), as well as such notable disasters as the musical
