Rick Jaffa
  • Known for: Writing
  • Born: 8 May 1956 (age 70)
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Rick Jaffa

Rick Jaffa (born May 8, 1956) is an American screenwriter and film producer, partnering with his wife, Amanda Silver.

A married couple since 1989 who have been working together since 1992, they came to prominence for writing and producing the Planet of the Apes reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), co-writing and producing its direct sequel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), and producing the subsequent sequels War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024). They were also co-writers on Jurassic World (2015), In the Heart of the Sea (2015), and Mulan (2020).

In 2013, the two were announced as co-writers of all four sequels to James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar, starting with Avatar: The Way of Water, which was theatrically released in 2022.

Jaffa and Silver have been married since 1989 and have two children. Silver is the sister of actor Michael B. Silver and the granddaughter of screenwriter and producer Sidney Buchman. In 2015, she was named one of the "Most Influential Women in Hollywood" by Elle Magazine.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Films

Avatar: Fire and Ash 2025Screenplay, Story
Avatar: The Way of Water 2022Story, Screenplay
Mulan 2020Screenplay

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