Name: | Ben Silverman |
Occupation: | Producer |
Gender: | Male |
Birth Day: | August 15, 1970 |
Age: | 50 |
Birth Place: | Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States |
Zodiac Sign: | Virgo |
Ben Silverman
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#3 | Jennifer Cuoco | Spouse | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Biography
Biography Timeline
He had summer internships at Warner Bros., and after college in 1993, worked at CBS and then worked for Brandon Tartikoff at New World Entertainment. He worked for the William Morris Agency starting in 1995; Silverman was in charge of the international packaging division, where he was the company’s youngest division head, packaging more than 25 television series, including Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, The Weakest Link, Big Brother, and Queer as Folk. He worked for William Morris Agency until 2002, when he left to found Reveille.
Silverman is the founder of Reveille, a television, film, and theater production and distribution company now owned by Shine Limited under News Corporation. He founded Reveille in 2002 in order to exploit international formats by selling them in the United States. Through his work at Reveille, he is the executive producer of such shows as NBC’s The Office, The Restaurant, The Biggest Loser, and ABC’s Ugly Betty, as well as several cable shows, including Nashville Star, on USA Network, 30 Days on FX, MTV’s Parental Control and Date My Mom, Blow Out on Bravo, and House of Boateng on the Sundance Channel.
In 2007, Silverman received the P.T. Barnum Award from Tufts University for his exceptional work in the field of media and entertainment. Silverman is involved with multiple philanthropic endeavors, including Seeds of Peace, a group helping to foster peace among young people from adversarial cultures. In addition, Silverman sits on the Cedars-Sinai Hospital board of governors. Silverman also serves on the board of directors of Best Buddies, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing guidance and integrated employment.
Silverman was named co-chairman of NBC Entertainment in 2007 (along with Marc Graboff), succeeding Kevin Reilly. That same year, Silverman was the first producer since Norman Lear, 34 years earlier, to have two shows nominated for an Emmy in the best comedy category (The Office and Ugly Betty). He is credited for his role in saving the critically acclaimed but low-rated NBC drama Friday Night Lights by striking an innovative deal with DirecTV. The satellite television provider agreed to take on a substantial amount of the show’s production budget in exchange for exclusive first-window airing rights on its 101 channel. NBC would then repurpose the episodes to be aired on the network later in the season.
In 2008, Silverman received an Honorary Rose for lifetime achievement the Rose d’Or ceremony.
On July 27, 2009, Silverman announced he was leaving NBC to form a new company, Electus, with Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp that will produce and distribute programs across media platforms, for television, the Web and mobile devices. As part of its inception, IAC partnered Electus with the interactive comedy portal CollegeHumor. In January 2010, Silverman and Electus partnered with Jason Bateman and Will Arnett to launch their sponsor-driven advertising and digital production company DumbDumb. Electus also has partnerships with 5×5 and DiGa. On May 8, 2014, The CW announced a first season order for Silverman’s new television show Jane The Virgin.
Silverman married Jennifer Cuoco, a real estate agent, in December 2010.
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