Dean Silvers is an American film producer, film director, screenwriter, attorney and author.

Personal life

Dean Silvers was born in

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, New York and currently resides in

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, New York with his wife, Marlen Hecht, and their two sons, Forrest Silvers and Tyler Silvers.

Career

He produced '' Flirting with Disaster'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and two Independent Spirit Awards. ''

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'' "Bookshelf" column wrote that Silvers' book, ''Secrets of Breaking into the Film and TV Business'' (

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), is "brimming with helpful hints".

Filmography

* '' Unconquered'' (1989) (co-producer) ( CBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS)) * ''

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'' (1990) (co-producer) (Docurama) * '' The Last Good Time'' (1994) (producer) (

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'' (1994) (producer) (

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) * '' Flirting with Disaster'' (1996) (producer) (

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) * ''

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'' (1997–2001) (executive producer) ( Independent Film Channel (IFC)) * ''Warriors of the French Foreign Legion'' (2000) (executive producer) ( Discovery Channel) * '' Committed'' (2000) (producer) (

) * ''Border Patrol: Life on the Line'' (2001) (executive producer) ( Discovery Channel) * ''

The Atlantis Conspiracy ''The Atlantis Conspiracy'' is a 2001 HBO/ ZDF film that was written and directed by Dean Silvers and starring Amanda Donohoe, Jeremy Davies, Bill Sage, and Adrienne Shelly. Filming took place in New York. Premise Lauren Marcus (Amanda Donohoe ...

'' (2001) (director, writer, and producer) (

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and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)) * ''The Investigators'' (TruTV series) (2002–2004) (executive producer) (

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/ref> * ''Dor I' Dor: Honoring the Generations'' (2008) (producer and writer) (

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) * '' Beyond the Fire'' (2009) (executive producer) * '' One Fall'' (2011) (producer) (Paladin Film) * ''Sela'' (2013) (producer and writer) (

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/ref> * '' Becoming Jiff'' (2018) (executive producer) (

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Bibliography

* ''Secrets of Breaking into the Film and TV Business'' (2014, ) (

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Silvers, Dean American film producers American film directors American lawyers Independent Spirit Award winners Living people American male non-fiction writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American male writers