Rick Jaffa

Rick Jaffa, a native of DeSoto, Texas, graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in History and Political Science. He later earned his Masters in Business at the University of Southern California. Jaffa began his entertainment career in 1981 in the mailroom of the William Morris Agency. He became the executive assistant to legendary agent Stan Kamen, who was then head of the Motion Picture Department. Later, as an agent, Jaffa represented writers and directors, packaging films as diverse as Robocop and The Trip to Bountiful.

Jaffa has collaborated with his wife/partner Amanda Silver for 25 years, writing and producing films such as The Hand That Rocks The Cradle and Eye for an Eye.

In 2011 the couple wrote and produced the award-winning Rise of the Planet of The Apes at 20th Century Fox, which was a re-imagining of the Planet of the Apes franchise.

Jaffa and Silver worked with James Cameron on sequels to Avatar. They wrote and produced Dawn of the Planet of The Apes, the sequel to Rise of The Planet of The Apes. They produced In The Heart of The Sea, with Ron Howard directing, and Jurassic World.

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