Biography

Born and raised in Manhattan, a graduate of Brown University, Michael comes from a long line of filmmakers. His grandfather, Oscar-winning screenwriter Sidney Buchman, ran Columbia Pictures under Harry Cohn throughout the 1930s and 1940s and wrote and produced such films as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), The Talk of the Town (1942), The Awful Truth (1937) Sahara (1943), A Song to Remember (1945), Holiday (1938), Lost Horizon (1937), The Jolson Story (1946), Cleopatra (1934), Theodora Goes Wild (1936) and more than 20 others. He was blacklisted in 1951 but continued to write from Cannes until his death in 1975.

Michael's sister, Amanda Silver, wrote The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) and she and her husband, Rick Jaffa, wrote and produced Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, among others. They are currently writing Avatar 2, due 2016.
- IMDb mini biography by: BillyFish

MICHAEL B. SILVER Born and raised in NYC, Michael B. Silver is a Brown University graduate with over three decades of experience as a writer, director, and actor, appearing in more than 250 film, television, and theater projects. As a filmmaker, he’s directed five award-winning shorts and co-wrote, co-directed, produced, and starred in the feature Love Shack. His writing credits include The Ropes, Medical Investigation, and James Patterson’s Method, while his directing credits span many hours of tv including Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, The Gigolo, a GLAAD Award-winning episode of Royal Pains, as well as multiple James Patterson/Audible Series. As an acting teacher and director at SRS Studios for over 20 years, he continues to teach and mentor actors worldwide.

As an actor, Michael’s credits include five seasons on CSI: Miami, ten seasons on E.R., nine seasons on NYPD Blue, and recent roles on American Horror Stories, Shameless, Fear the Walking Dead, Young Rock, Suits and FBI: Most Wanted. He’s completed filming the indie horror film, The Boat, due Fall '26.

Michael comes from a lineage of filmmakers including his grandfather, Oscar-winning screenwriter Sidney Buchman (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), and his sister Amanda Silver, and brother in Law Rick Jaffa (Jurassic World, Planet of the Apes and Avatar).
- IMDb mini biography by: BillyFish