Scott Silver

Scott Silver
Born	(1964-11-30) November 30, 1964 (age 60) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Boston University (BA)
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, film director
Notable work	Johns The Mod Squad 8 Mile The Fighter Joker

Scott Silver (born November 30, 1964) is an American screenwriter ^[1] and film director. ^[2]

Career

Silver is best known for such films as Johns , ^[3] The Mod Squad , ^[2] 8 Mile , The Fighter , for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, ^[4] and Joker , for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, alongside Todd Phillips. He is also set to co-write the script to the upcoming Spawn reboot, entitled King Spawn. ^{[5] [6]}

Silver is Jewish. ^[7] He graduated from Boston University's College of Communication in 1986. ^[8]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer
1996	Johns	Yes	Yes	No
1997	The House of Yes	No	No	Co-executive
1999	The Mod Squad	Yes	Yes	No
2002	8 Mile	No	Yes	No
2009	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	No	Uncredited rewrites [9]	No
2010	The Fighter	No	Yes	No
2016	The Finest Hours	No	Yes	No
2017	Stronger	No	No	Yes
2019	Joker	No	Yes	No
2024	Joker: Folie à Deux	No	Yes	Executive

Special thanks

• Requiem for a Dream (2000)
• Then She Found Me (2007)
• Bleed for This (2016)
• Siberia (2018)

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
1996	San Sebastián International Film Festival	Best New Director	Johns	Won [10]
2000	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Screenplay	The Mod Squad	Nominated
2011	Academy Award	Best Original Screenplay	The Fighter	Nominated
2020	Critics' Choice Movie Award	Best Adapted Screenplay	Joker	Nominated
	British Academy Film Award	Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Writers Guild of America Award	Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Academy Award	Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
2025	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Screenplay	Joker: Folie à Deux	Nominated [11]

References

1. Huver, Scott (February 15, 2011). ""The Fighter" Screenwriter's Next Round: A Superhero Flick". NBC Bay Area.
2. Gelder, Lawrence Van (March 26, 1999). "FILM REVIEW; The Squad That Was Mod Is Reshod". The New York Times .
3. Holden, Stephen (January 31, 1997). "Even Midnight Cowboys Have Sunshine Dreams". The New York Times– via NYTimes.com.
4. THR Staff (February 4, 2011). "Scott Silver, 'The Fighter'". The Hollywood Reporter.
5. Couch, Aaron (October 5, 2022). "'Spawn' Movie Finds New Writers With 'Joker,' 'Captain America 4' Scribes (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
6. Squires, John (July 22, 2024). "'King Spawn' – Jason Blum Teases New Screenplay for Long-Awaited 'Spawn' Movie". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved July 23, 2024.
7. Bloom, Nate (February 18, 2011). "Jewish Stars 2/18". Cleveland Jewish News . Retrieved January 5, 2018.
8. Kennedy, Patrick L. (2011). "The Bostonwood Boom". Boston University.
9. Michael Fleming; Pamela McClintock (October 30, 2007). "Studios prep back-up plan". Variety. Archived from the original on November 11, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
10. "Full awards and nominations of Johns". Filmaffinity .
11. Nordyke, Kimberly (January 21, 2025). "Razzie Awards: 'Joker 2' Tops Nominations; 'Madame Web', 'Megalopolis', 'Reagan' Also Among Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 22, 2025.

External links

• Scott Silver at IMDb