Bradley Mitchell Silberling (born September 8, 1963) is an Americantelevision andfilm director whose credits include the feature filmsCasper (1995),City of Angels (1998),Moonlight Mile (2002),Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) andLand of the Lost (2009).

Silberling was born inWashington, D.C., the son of Joyce Anne (Tucker), a travel consultant, and Robert Murray Silberling, who was Vice President ofCBS Entertainment Productions.^[1] His father was bornJewish, whereas his motherconverted to Judaism.^[2] Silberling attendedWilliams College inWilliamstown, MA and received a BA in English fromUC Santa Barbara.^[3] He later studied film directing at theUCLA Film School.

Silberling began his entertainment industry career before completing his studies. In 1986, he became a Production Assistant for a children's program. He then began to direct television and film. Silberling's 2002 film,Moonlight Mile, is loosely based on his bereavement following the murder of his girlfriend, actressRebecca Schaeffer, in 1989. In 2006, Silberling's movie10 Items or Less was the first movie made legally available for download during its theatrical run. This became possible throughClickStar and Silberling's close relationship with its ownersMorgan Freeman andLori McCreary. On March 1, 1999, he started out his own production company Reveal Entertainment, with a first-look development deal atDreamWorks.^[4] The first project under Reveal was an attempt to purchase the scriptThe Mystery Dance, for himself to direct in mind, but the idea was later scrapped.^[5]

Silberling was approached byWarner Bros. as one of the candidates to directHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in 1998. Although he began to enthusiastically plan the film in his mind and was ready to sign on to direct it,Chris Columbus was ultimately chosen as the director.^[6] On October 22, 2014, his Reveal Entertainment company signed a deal with CBS Television Studios.^[7] He was currently signed withICM Partners.^[8]

Silberling previously datedRebecca Schaeffer, whom he met at UCLA film school, until she was murdered in 1989.^[9] In 1995, he married actressAmy Brenneman, whom he met on the set ofNYPD Blue and with whom he has two children, Charlotte and Bodhi, in Pasadena.^[10][11] In 2000, the couple purchased a home inChilmark, Massachusetts prior to moving toWest Tisbury, Massachusetts in 2011.^[11]

Films

Television

• Brad Silberling atIMDb
• New York Times biography