David Silverman Filmography

Occupation:
Director, Teleplay By, Screenwriter
  • The Simpsons Movie

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright

    Synopsis: They've kept television viewers laughing for nearly 20 years, and now the most popular animated family on the small screen makes the leap into theaters as Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart, ad Maggie embark on their first-ever feature-length adventure. Directed by David Silverman and written by a whole Read More

    7/27/07
  • Monsters, Inc.

    Crew: Director

    Actors: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn

    Synopsis: After exploring the worlds of toys and bugs in the two Toy Story films and A Bug's Life, the award-winning computer animation company Pixar delves into the realm of monsters with its fourth feature. Hulking, blue-furred behemoth James P. "Sully" Sullivan (John Goodman) and his one-eyed assistant Read More

    11/2/01
  • The Road to El Dorado

    Crew: Sequence Director

    Actors: Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, Edward James Olmos

    Synopsis: Dreamworks SKG's second feature-length animated film blends comedy and drama in an unusual historical adventure. Two genial swindlers working as stable hands stow away with Cortez, the legendary Spanish conquistador, as he searches for El Dorado, the lost City of Gold. Luck smiles on the two con Read More

    3/31/00
  • 1999
  • 1999
  • Sing-Along at Bubbe's

    Crew: Creature Design

    Synopsis: This film is part of a series that presents Jewish holidays and traditions to the children's audience. The series is on the Parents' Choice Recommended Children's Tapes list. This episode is an entertaining musical excursion into the songs that are traditionally sung at holiday time, and the Read More

    1997
  • The Simpsons: Krusty Gets Kancelled

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith

    Synopsis: The citizens of Springfield are being inundated with advertisements heralding the arrival of something called "Gabbo," raising curiosity to a fever pitch. One day, it is revealed that Gabbo is the irrepressible wooden sidekick of ventriloquist Arthur Crandall (voice of Hank Azaria), and that they Read More

    1993
  • The Simpsons: Black Widower

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith

    Synopsis: Marge Simpson (voice of Julie Kavner) may not have a perfect marriage, but her sister Selma (also voiced by Kavner) seems ready to settle for whatever kind of husband she can find, and begins corresponding with a prisoner at the Springfield Penitentiary after concluding she can't find an eligible Read More

    1992
  • The Simpsons: The Way We Was

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith

    Synopsis: After their TV goes on the blink, the Simpson family is faced with the grim prospect of having to actually talk to each other, and Marge (voice of Julie Kavner) decides to make the best of it by telling Lisa (voice of Yeardley Smith) and Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright) the story of how she and Read More

    1991
  • ALF: Consider Me Gone

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: In the 102nd and final episode of ALF, the titular alien is thrilled to learn that his fellow Melmaccians Skip and Rhonda are going to establish a new colony on another planet--and he's been invited to join them if he can come up with a security deposit. This means that ALF will have to leave the Read More

    1990
  • ALF: True Colors

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: While taking an art class, Lynn (Andrea Elson) encourages ALF to try his hand at painting. Dutifully, ALF creates a "still life" using food, then substitutes his masterpiece for Lynn's current class assignment. ALF's "painting" is lauded as a work of genius--and a green-with-envy Lynn wishes that Read More

    1990
  • ALF: When I'm 64

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: ALF sneaks into a retirement home on Valentine's Day, in hopes of meeting his favorite old-time movie star Virginia Russell (Frances Bay). As he mingles with the other senior citizens, ALF lifts their spirits and renews their energy--to the point that they're all behaving as if they were young Read More

    1990
  • The Simpsons: Life On The Fast Lane

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith

    Synopsis: Homer Simpson (voice of Dan Castellaneta) has a reputation for not being very good at picking out gifts for his wife Marge (voice of Julie Kavner), as evidenced by such past birthday presents as a tackle box and a Connie Chung calendar, but he hits a new low when Marge finds she's the recipient of Read More

    1990
  • The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith

    Synopsis: It's Halloween in Springfield, and Bart Simpson (voice of Nancy Cartwright) and his sister Lisa (voice of Yeardley Smith) are swapping scary stories in their backyard treehouse. In Bad Dream House, the Simpsons move into a big old house, but soon learn why the place was a bargain -- it's haunted. Read More

    1990
  • The Simpsons: Bart The General

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith

    Synopsis: Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright) makes the mistake of trying to protect a batch of cupcakes Lisa (voice of Yeardley Smith) made for her teacher from schoolyard bully and thug in training Nelson (voice of Cartwright). Nelson gives Bart a beating, and promises more of the same; Marge (voice of Julie Read More

    1990
  • Passover at Bubbe's

    Crew: Creature Design

    Synopsis: A puppet cast discovers and enacts the traditions of the holidays in Passover at Bubbe's. This uplifting family film, originally released in 1990, was the winner of a Kids First! Award. It features colorful Muppet-like characters involved in Passover preparations. The holiday story touches the Read More

    1990
  • The Simpsons: Bart Vs. Thanksgiving

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith

    Synopsis: As the Simpsons and their extended family prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving around the dinner table, Lisa (voice of Yeardley Smith) shows off the centerpiece she's constructed, which celebrates the efforts of women who helped settle America. Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright), however, is in a Read More

    1990
  • The Simpsons: Bart Gets An F

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith

    Synopsis: While Bart Simpson (voice of Nancy Cartwright) has never been a star student, his grades have been slipping even further than usual, and his teacher Mrs. Krabappel (voice of Marcia Wallace) warns him that if his marks don't improve, he might fail history and be left back rather than graduate to Read More

    1990
  • ALF: Happy Together

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: After another run-in with the Tanners, ALF runs away from home. He is offered a place to stay by Willie's brother Neal (JM J. Bullock), who quickly learns to regret his hospitality. If ever a TV series episode can be described as an out-of-this-world version of The Odd Couple", this is it--and Read More

    1989
  • ALF: Baby, Come Back

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: ALF begins its fourth and final season with a major addition to the cast--or more precisely, two major additions. Infant twins Charles Nickerson and J.R. Nickerson share the role of baby Eric, newest member of the Tanner family. In his efforts to adjust to this new "life-form", the Tanners' Read More

    1989
  • Alice: Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore, Part 1

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Kip Niven returns to the series, but not in his familiar role as Vera's duplicitous ex-fiance Steve Marsh. Instead, he shows up as Steve's cousin Travis Marsh, a heavily bewhiskered country-western singer. After hearing Alice (Linda Lavin) warble a tune Read More

    1985
  • Alice: Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore, Part 2

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Alice (Linda Lavin) has joined the travelling band fronted by country singer Travis Marsh (Kip Niven). At Travis' insistence, a reluctant Alice performs a solo number, which enchants the audience--and entrances Travis, who has obviously fallen in love with Read More

    1985
  • Alice: Vera's Fine Feathered Friends

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Worried about a family of blue jays that has nested in the sign in front of Mel's Diner, Vera (Beth Howland) climbs upward to shelter them from harm. Alas, what goes up generally comes down, and poor Vera is no exception. Seriously injured, she is whisked off to the hospital--where the rest of the Read More

    1984
  • Alice: Dollars to Donuts

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Accompanying Carrie (Martha Raye) to the racetrack, Tommy (Philip McKeon) surprises everyone--including himself--by winning big. Convinced that he has hit upon the perfect "system", Tommy continues placing bigger and bigger bets...and when things start turning sour, Alice (Linda Lavin) holds Read More

    1984
  • Alice: Big Bad Mel

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Enterprising Mel (Vic Tayback) purchases a nursery school for the purpose of bulldozing the property and erecting a parking lot for his diner. This scheme causes the school's faculty and students, not to mention the diner staff, to regard Mel as a super-villain--and in fine "sitcom retribution" Read More

    1984
  • Alice: Be It Ever So Crowded

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Finally moving out of their cramped apartment, Vera (Beth Howland) and Elliot (Charles Levin) find a wonderful old house, fully furnished with charming antiques. Unfortunately, one of these "antiques" is not so charming: an elderly minister (David Bond) with more than one screw loose. Reluctantly Read More

    1984
  • Alice: Vera the Virtuoso

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Vera (Beth Howland) has taken up playing the cello, even though her talent somewhat exceeds her enthusiasm. That said, the gang at Mel's diner (except for Alice [Linda Lavin], who barely appears in this episode) is in for a surprise when Vera is invited to join a local string quartet. The music Read More

    1983
  • Alice: Jolene's Brother Jonas

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Guich Koock appears as Jonas, the brother of trucker-turned-waitress Jolene Hunnicutt (Celia Weston). Making a surprise appearance at the diner, Jonas is somewhat taken aback when Jolene cuts him dead. She hasn't forgotten about his reputation as a con artist--and when Jonas sells a worm ranch to Read More

    1983
  • Alice: Tommy, the Jailbird

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: College freshman Tommy (Philip McKeon) is now living away from home for the first time--and loving it. Alice (Linda Lavin) worries that Tommy is turning into a party animal, at the expense of his studies. Ultimately, Alice's fears are confirmed when Tommy lands in jail after a pizza-parlor food Read More

    1983
  • Alice: Alice Faces the Music

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: It's plate-carriers vs. plungers when Alice (Linda Lavin), Vera (Beth Howland) and Jolene (Celia Weston) participate in a TV quiz show. The category is "musical trivia", and the girls' competition consists of a trio of plumbers, led by peppery oldster Louie (Cliff Norton). For a while, it looks Read More

    1983
  • The Jeffersons: Not So Dearly Beloved

    Crew: Teleplay By

    Actors: Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover, Mike Evans

    Synopsis: George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) has had just about enough of his contentious store manager, Wendell Thomas (Earl Billings) -- a sentiment shared by the rest of George's employees. Alas, just as George is firing Wendell, the much-despised manager drops dead. Can things get any worse? You bet Read More

    1981
  • The Jeffersons: Calendar Girl

    Crew: Teleplay By

    Actors: Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover, Mike Evans

    Synopsis: Doting grandparents George and Louise Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford) want to enter little Jessica in a baby contest sponsored by a big-time ad agency. Jessica's parents Lionel (Mike Evans) and Jenny (Berlinda Tolbert) are dead set against this plan. Thus, George and Louise secretly Read More

    1981

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