---
name: "James R. Silke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-r-silke"
fi1m_id: "james-r-silke"
imdb_id: "nm0798033"
tmdb_id: 59806
wikidata_id: "Q33127892"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "19 May 1931"
died: "16 February 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:03:47.253774+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# James R. Silke

## Identity

James R. Silke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-r-silke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-r-silke
- **IMDb ID:** nm0798033
- **TMDB ID:** 59806
- **Wikidata ID:** Q33127892
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Silke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33127892, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798033/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59806

Costume designer. Born 19 May 1931 in Los Angeles. Died 16 February 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 19 May 1931, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 16 February 2025
- **Also known as:** Jim Silke
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Silke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33127892, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798033/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59806

## Biography

James R. Silke, also credited as Jim Silke, was an American graphic designer, screenwriter and costume designer. Born in Los Angeles in 1931, he began his career in graphic design and album artwork, winning a Grammy Award in 1962 for the cover of *Judy at Carnegie Hall*. He later worked in film, serving as costume designer on Sam Peckinpah's *The Wild Bunch* (1969).

As a screenwriter he contributed to several 1980s action and adventure films, including *Revenge of the Ninja* (1983), *Ninja III: The Domination* (1984), *Sahara* (1983), *King Solomon's Mines* (1985) and *The Barbarians* (1987). Silke also wrote the *Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer* series of novels and created the comic series *Rascals in Paradise* (1994). He died in 2025.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, sf-encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Wild Bunch* (1969), Fi1m 84, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wild-bunch.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade* (2004), Still Photographer
- *The Barbarians* (1987), Writer
- *King Solomon's Mines* (1985), Screenplay
- *American Ninja* (1985), Screenplay
- *Ninja III: The Domination* (1984), Writer
- *Sahara* (1983), Screenplay
- *Revenge of the Ninja* (1983), Screenplay
- *That's Action* (1977), Writer
- *Directed by John Ford* (1971), Producer
- *The Wild Bunch* (1969), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wild-bunch.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Inkpot Award 2012: Inkpot Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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