Brad Silberling

Directing

Brad Silberling

Born 1963-09-08 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Brad Silberling (born September 8, 1963) is an American director. He is best known for directing the films Casper (1995), City of Angels (1998), and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events poster
6.8

Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

2004

Casper poster
6.3

Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.

Casper

1995

City of Angels poster
6.8

When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.

City of Angels

1998

Land of the Lost poster
5.5

On his latest expedition, has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his crack-smart research assistant Holly and redneck survivalist Will into a world populated by marauding dinosaurs and painfully slow creatures called Sleestaks. With no weapons, few skills and questionable smarts, the trio must rely on their only ally, a primate named Chaka, to try to survive long enough to figure out a way back home.

Land of the Lost

2009

10 Items or Less poster
6.2

An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and accepts a ride home with Scarlet, a cashier who is about to interview for a new job. The actor rediscovers the essence of his craft while helping Scarlet gain the confidence she needs to change her life.

10 Items or Less

2006

10 Items or Less poster
6.2

An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and accepts a ride home with Scarlet, a cashier who is about to interview for a new job. The actor rediscovers the essence of his craft while helping Scarlet gain the confidence she needs to change her life.

10 Items or Less

2006

10 Items or Less poster
6.2

An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and accepts a ride home with Scarlet, a cashier who is about to interview for a new job. The actor rediscovers the essence of his craft while helping Scarlet gain the confidence she needs to change her life.

10 Items or Less

2006

Moonlight Mile poster
6.3

As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.

Moonlight Mile

2002

Moonlight Mile poster
6.3

As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.

Moonlight Mile

2002

Moonlight Mile poster
6.3

As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.

Moonlight Mile

2002

An Ordinary Man poster
6.2

A war criminal in hiding forms a relationship with his only connection to the outside world - his maid.

An Ordinary Man

2017

An Ordinary Man poster
6.2

A war criminal in hiding forms a relationship with his only connection to the outside world - his maid.

An Ordinary Man

2017

No artwork available
NR

Depicts one woman's struggle with the responsibility of juggling two jobs at one time as both a garage mechanic and God's chosen messiah. She faces a rather difficult career decision as her true passion is in the first job while her effectiveness in the second job grows more questionable.

Repairs

1987

No artwork available
NR

Depicts one woman's struggle with the responsibility of juggling two jobs at one time as both a garage mechanic and God's chosen messiah. She faces a rather difficult career decision as her true passion is in the first job while her effectiveness in the second job grows more questionable.

Repairs

1987

Hail Mary poster
NR

Centers on a suburban single mom living in Atlanta who teams up with a hustler to solve crimes.

Hail Mary

2011

Down Dog poster
4.3

A handsome, carefree yoga instructor has breezed through life, women, and jobs, but when he breaks up with his girlfriend -- who's also his partner at their successful yoga studio -- he's forced to face reality for the first time. A satirical look at LA's yoga culture.

Down Dog

2015