Scott Silver

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

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

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
1996	Johns	Yes	Yes
1999	The Mod Squad	Yes	Yes
2002	8 Mile	No	Yes
2010	The Fighter	No	Yes
2016	The Finest Hours	No	Yes
2019	Joker	No	Yes
2024	Joker: Folie à Deux	No	Yes

Producer

• Stronger (2017)

Co-executive producer

• The House of Yes (1997)

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
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[9]