---
name: "Scott Silver"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/scott-silver"
fi1m_id: "scott-silver"
imdb_id: "nm0798788"
tmdb_id: 324
wikidata_id: "Q1671377"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 November 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T03:51:16.465379+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."
---

# Scott Silver

## Identity

Scott Silver

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/scott-silver
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** scott-silver
- **IMDb ID:** nm0798788
- **TMDB ID:** 324
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1671377
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Silver, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1671377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798788/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/324

Writer. Born 30 November 1964 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 November 1964, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:** Скотт Сільвер
- **Frequently works with:** [Emma Tillinger Koskoff](https://film.one/person/emma-tillinger-koskoff.md), [Joaquin Phoenix](https://film.one/person/joaquin-phoenix.md), [Todd Phillips](https://film.one/person/todd-phillips.md), [Zazie Beetz](https://film.one/person/zazie-beetz.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2010s 71 (2), 2020s 54 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Music 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,659m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Silver, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1671377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798788/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/324

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Fighter*](https://film.one/film/the-fighter.md) (79), [*8 Mile*](https://film.one/film/8-mile.md) (74), [*Joker*](https://film.one/film/joker.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Scott Silver is an American screenwriter and film director. Born on 30 November 1964 in Worcester, Massachusetts, he graduated from Boston University in 1986 and from the American Film Institute in 1992.

He wrote and directed *Johns* (1996). His other screenwriting credits include *The Mod Squad* (1999), *8 Mile* (2002), *The Fighter* (2010), *Joker* (2019) and *Joker: Folie à Deux* (2024), the last two co-written with Todd Phillips. He has also produced films including *Stronger* (2017).

Silver received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay for *The Fighter* and Best Adapted Screenplay for *Joker*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Joker: Folie à Deux* (2024), Fi1m 54, Executive Producer, Writer, Original Film Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/joker-folie-a-deux.md)
- *Joker* (2019), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/joker.md)
- *The Fighter* (2010), Fi1m 79, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fighter.md)
- *8 Mile* (2002), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/8-mile.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Joker: Folie à Deux* (2024), Writer, Executive Producer, Original Film Writer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/joker-folie-a-deux.md)
- *Joker* (2019), Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/joker.md)
- *Stronger* (2017), Producer
- *The Finest Hours* (2016), Screenplay
- *The Fighter* (2010), Screenplay — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fighter.md)
- *8 Mile* (2002), Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/8-mile.md)
- *The Mod Squad* (1999), Writer, Director
- *The House of Yes* (1997), Co-Executive Producer
- *Johns* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Alignment*, Executive Producer
- *Untitled Jimi Hendrix Film*, Screenplay
- *King Spawn*, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2020: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Joker*
- 2011: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Fighter*

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

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