Matthew Richard "Matt" Silverstein (born April 1, 1972) is an American television writer and co-creator with Dave Jeser of the Comedy Central adult animated sitcom Drawn Together. He has also written for other television shows including 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Man Show, Action, Greg the Bunny, 3-South, Axe Cop, The Goode Family and The Cleveland Show, and also created the MTV animated comedy DJ & the Fro in 2009. He cowrote the script to the film Accidental Love.
Biography
Silverstein was raised in a
American Jews family in Oradell, New Jersey.
[ Jewish Standard: "‘Drawn Together’ creators, from area, decry anti-Israel accusations" by Josh Lipowsky June 4, 2010][ Jewish Journal: "Jews Get Geek on at Comic-Con" by Adam Wills July 22, 2009] Silverstein graduated from the Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Jersey which he attended with Jeser.
[Rohan, Virginia. "Two Jersey guys get it 'Together'", The Record (Bergen County), October 4, 2007. Accessed October 6, 2007. "Comedy writers Matt Silverstein and Dave Jeser met at the Dwight-Englewood School, where a prank, fittingly enough, led them to realize they were kindred creative spirits.... Silverstein, 35, was born and raised in Oradell. New Milford's Jeser, 34, moved to Bergen County at age 10."] In 2015, Silverstein, along with
Dave Jeser, developed author
Worm Miller's
Golan the Insatiable for television appearing on Fox Television in May 2015. Producers were Jeser, Silverstein, Hend Baghdady and
Nick Weidenfeld.
[ Variety: "‘Golan the Insatiable’ Readies for Fox’s Primetime" by Mannie Holmes May 29, 2015]
Filmography
Film
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| 2010 | | Producer's son | Executive producer, writer |
| 2015 | Accidental Love | | Screenwriter |
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