Ron Silverman , producer of films including “Brubaker” and former dean at the American Film Institute , died in July in Medford, Ore. He was 92.

After working as a reporter on the Arizona Republic, Silverman joined Daily Variety , reviewing films with the tagline “Ron” starting in 1957. Silverman began his career in production with Red Lion Films, a 20th Century Fox independent company led by Mark Robson, working his way up into television at Leslie Steven’s Daystar Productions and Warner Bros. TV.

Silverman had several credits as a TV writer, working on two episodes of the “Wild Wild West” series. For 18 years, Silverman collaborated with Ted Mann, the Minneapolis exhibitor who purchased the National General chain. During his years working alongside Mann, Silverman worked as a prod

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