Dean Silvers

Dean Silvers is an American film producer, film director, screenwriter, attorney and author.

Dean Silvers was born in Brooklyn, New York and currently resides in Manhattan, New York with his wife, Marlen Hecht, and their two sons, Forrest Silvers and Tyler Silvers.

Silvers is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

He produced Flirting with Disaster, Manny & Lo, and Spanking the Monkey, which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and two Independent Spirit Awards.

The New York Times "Bookshelf" column wrote that Silvers' book, Secrets of Breaking into the Film and TV Business (William Morrow and Company/HarperCollins), is "brimming with helpful hints".