Greg Silverman has been named to the newly created position of EVP Creative Development and Production, Warner Bros. Pictures.

In his new position, effective January 1, 2010, Silverman will report to Robinov and have full oversight of Warner Bros. Pictures’ development activities and budget. He will be charged with seeking new opportunities to further diversify and build upon the success Warner Bros. Pictures’ slate has consistently achieved.

Prior to his current post, Silverman served as EVP Production, Warner Bros. Pictures, where he shepherded the enormously successful and critically acclaimed “300,” “The Dark Knight,” and most recently, the summer breakout smash “The Hangover.” He is overseeing such upcoming films as “Jonah Hex,” “Inception,” “Sucker Punch” and “Green Lantern.”

Silverman initially joined Warner Bros. in 1999 as a junior production executive, where he worked on such films as “The Matrix,” “A Perfect Murder” and “Cats & Dogs.” Silverman then joined Revolution Studios as SVP Production, overseeing “America’s Sweethearts,” “The One” and “The New Guy,” before returning to Warner Bros. Pictures in 2002 as VP Production. He was promoted to SVP Production in 2004 and then to EVP Production in 2006. He has overseen production on such projects as “The Dukes of Hazzard,” “The Lake House,” “The Bucket List,” “Beerfest,” “Batman Begins,” “Troy,” “Get Smart” and “Yes Man.”

Silverman got his start in the industry working in craft services on the independent film “Two Guys Talkin’ About Girls” and then became an assistant at Tri-Star and Mandeville Films before joining “Mad Chance” as a production executive.

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