Adam Silver

Acting

Adam Silver

Born 1962-04-25 · Rye, New York, USA

Adam Silver is an American lawyer and sports executive who serves as the fifth and current commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He joined the NBA in 1992 and has held various positions within the league, becoming chief operating officer and deputy commissioner under his predecessor and mentor David Stern in 2006. When Stern retired in 2014, Silver was named the new commissioner.

Acting credits

What Men Want poster
6.2

Magically able to hear what men are thinking, a sports agent uses her newfound ability to turn the tables on her overbearing male colleagues.

What Men Want

2019

Jerry West: The Logo poster
5.5

He built dynasties, broke barriers, and became the silhouette that defines the game. But beneath Jerry West's legendary NBA legacy was a man haunted by perfection and pain. Through rare interviews with family and basketball icons, uncover the complex truth behind The Logo.

Jerry West: The Logo

2026

The Day Sports Stood Still poster
6.0

The story of the unprecedented sports shutdown in March of 2020 and the remarkable turn of events that followed. This sports documentary is a chronicle of the abrupt stoppage, athletes’ prominent role in the cultural reckoning on racial injustices that escalated during the pandemic, and the complex return to competition in the summer and fall.

The Day Sports Stood Still

2021

Inbound poster
6.0

Documenting the shared trajectory between Canada’s rise as a global basketball powerhouse and the circumstances that helped shape the country’s multicultural identity.

Inbound

2025

Mount Mutombo poster
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A powerful chronicle of the extraordinary life of NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo. Through rare interviews with teammates, coaches, and family, the film captures Dikembe’s journey from his humble beginnings in Congo to his immense impact on and off the basketball court.

Mount Mutombo

2025

Alone in the Game poster
8.0

This inspirational documentary follows a number of LGBTQ athletes, including Robbie Rogers (Major League Soccer), Layana White (NCAA basketball player), Gus Kenworthy (freestyle skier and Olympic silver medalist), Megan Rapinoe (soccer, Olympic gold medalist), and Trevor Betts, a trans high school athlete, charting their social and legal challenges within the schools, sports leagues, and within their own families, as well as their triumphs in the face of great adversity.

Alone in the Game

2018

Title IX: 37 Words that Changed America poster
NR

Candace Parker takes a personal look at the past, present and future of Title IX and the drive for equality in sports.

Title IX: 37 Words that Changed America

2022

Note Worthy: 50 Seasons of Jazz Basketball poster
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Take a trip back through the last 50 years of Jazz basketball. From the move to Utah in 1979 to the current day team, experience Jazz basketball like never before with our new documentary; Note Worthy.

Note Worthy: 50 Seasons of Jazz Basketball

2024