Rick Jaffa (born May 8, 1956) and Amanda Silver (born May 24, 1963) are an American married screenwriting and film production duo.Interview with Amanda Silver & Rick Jaffa
''Media Mikes'', August 4, 2011 They are best known for having written and co-produced the 2011

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'' Rise of the Planet of the Apes'', a commercially and critically successful

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of the ''Planet of the Apes'' franchise for which they were nominated for the

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. They were also co-writers/producers of its 2014 sequel ''

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ''Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'' is a 2014 American science fiction film directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay by Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It is the sequel to ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (2011), and the second in ...

'', and they produced the third installment, '' War for the Planet of the Apes'', in 2017. They co-wrote ''

Jurassic World ''Jurassic World'' is a 2015 American science fiction action film directed by Colin Trevorrow, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Derek Connolly from a story by Jaffa and Silver. It is the first installment in the ...

'' and the screen story of ''

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'', both 2015 films. In 2013, they were announced to be the co-writers of all 4 sequels to

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's ''

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'', starting with '' Avatar: The Way of Water'', which was theatrically released in 2022.

Personal lives

Jaffa and Silver have been married since 1989 and have two children. Silver is the sister of actor

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and the granddaughter of screenwriter and producer

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. In 2015, she was named one of the "Most Influential Women In Hollywood" by ''

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''.

Filmography

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