Question: An American film and television writer is known for a 1983 British American swashbuckler film that was directed by Peter Yates, and was produced by who?
Context: Krull is a 1983 British-American science fantasy swashbuckler film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Ron Silverman with a screenplay by Stanford Sherman.  It follows a journey of Prince Colwyn and his group of outlaws on the planet Krull to save future queen Princess Lyssa from a creature named "The Beast" and his constantly teleporting lair named the "Black Fortress."  The film began development in 1980 when Columbia Pictures present Frank Price gave Silverman the idea to produce a fantasy film and was finally released in July 1983.  Yates' work on "Krull" differed from directing his previous films that were more realistic; he took the "challenge" of directing a motion picture like "Krull" since he only could rely on his imagination instead of doing research, and screenplays that encouraged experimentation with modern special effects were rare in the early 1980s. Matthew "Matt" Letscher (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor and playwright, known for his roles as Captain Harrison Love in the 1998 American swashbuckler film "The Mask of Zorro" and as Colonel Adelbert Ames in the 2003 American film "Gods and Generals".  He co-starred in the 2016 Michael Bay film "", playing Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.  He has also portrayed Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash in "The Flash" and "Legends of Tomorrow". The Mask of Zorro is a 1998 American swashbuckler film based on the character of the masked vigilante Zorro created by Johnston McCulley.  It was directed by Martin Campbell and stars Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Stuart Wilson.  The film features the original Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega (Hopkins), escaping from prison to find his long-lost daughter (Zeta-Jones) and avenge the death of his wife at the hands of the corrupt governor Rafael Montero (Wilson).  He is aided by his successor (Banderas), who is pursuing his own vendetta against the governor's right-hand man while falling in love with de la Vega's daughter. The Avengers is a 1950 American swashbuckler film and adventure film directed by John H. Auer and starring John Carroll, Fernando Lamas, and Adele Mara.  The picture was shot on location in Argentina. The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 American swashbuckler film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks.  Freely adapted from "One Thousand and One Nights", it tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph of Bagdad.  In 1996, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Flame and the Arrow is a 1950 American swashbuckler film made by Warner Bros. and starring Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo and Nick Cravat.  It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Harold Hecht and Frank Ross from a screenplay by Waldo Salt.  The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Ernest Haller.  The film was shot in Technicolor. Stanford Sherman was born in Akron, Ohio and is an American film and television writer best known for such productions as "Any Which Way You Can", "Krull", "Ice Pirates", "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and "Batman". The Legend of Zorro is a 2005 American swashbuckler film directed by Martin Campbell, produced by Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald and Lloyd Phillips, with music by James Horner, and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.  It is the sequel to 1998's "The Mask of Zorro"; Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones reprise their roles as the titular hero and his spouse, Elena, and Rufus Sewell stars as the villain, Count Armand.  The film takes place in San Mateo County, California and was shot in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with second-unit photography in Wellington, New Zealand.  The film was theatrically released on October 24, 2005 by Columbia Pictures, and earned $142.4 million on a $75 million budget. Last of the Buccaneers is a 1950 American swashbuckler film directed by Lew Landers starring Paul Henreid as Jean Lafitte. Barbary Pirate is a 1949 American swashbuckler film starring Donald Woods and Trudy Marshall, directed by Lew Landers.
Answer: Ron Silverman