Rick Jaffa

Where to watch Rick Jaffa

• Avatar: Fire and AshMovie · 2025
• Avatar: The Way of WaterMovie · 2022

Biography

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.

Filmography

1. 2031Avatar 5Story
2. 2029Avatar 4Story
3. 2025Avatar: Fire and AshStory · Screenplay
4. 2024Kingdom of the Planet of the ApesProducer
5. 2022Avatar: The Way of WaterStory · Screenplay
6. 2020MulanScreenplay
7. 2017War for the Planet of the ApesProducer
8. 2015In the Heart of the SeaStory
9. 2015Jurassic WorldScreenplay · Story
10. 2014Dawn of the Planet of the ApesWriter · Producer
11. 2011Rise of the Planet of the ApesScreenplay · Producer
12. 1997The RelicScreenplay
13. 1996Eye for an EyeWriter