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Mark Boal is a Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 23 january 1973 at New York City (USA)

Mark Boal

Mark Boal
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Nationality USA
Birth 23 january 1973 (51 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Writers Guild of America Award

Mark Boal (born 1973) is an American journalist, screenwriter and film producer. Before he became a prominent figure of cinema, Boal worked as a journalist for such publications like Rolling Stone, The Village Voice and Playboy. Boal's 2004 article "Death and Dishonor" led to the film In the Valley of Elah, which Boal also co-wrote. In 2009, he wrote and produced The Hurt Locker, for which he won both the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2012, he wrote and produced the controversial Zero Dark Thirty, teaming again with Kathryn Bigelow, about the track and capture of Osama bin Laden. The film earned him two other Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture and a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.

As of 2013, Boal has won two Academy Awards (four nominations), a BAFTA Award, two Writers Guild of America Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award and four Golden Globe Award nominations. He has also won several critics awards.

Best films

After Earth
After Earth
(2013)
(Script Consultant) Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty
(2012)
(Writer) The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker
(2008)
(Scriptwriter) In the Valley of Elah
In the Valley of Elah
(2007)
(Story)

Usually with

Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow
(4 films)
Barry Ackroyd
Barry Ackroyd
(2 films)
Greg Shapiro
Greg Shapiro
(3 films)
Nils Jörgen Paul Ottosson
Nils Jörgen Paul Ottosson
(3 films)
Jeremy Strong
Jeremy Strong
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Mark Boal (7 films)

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Scriptwriter

Triple Frontier
Triple Frontier (2019)
, 2h5
Directed by J. C. Chandor
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, Pedro Pascal, Adria Arjona
Roles Histoire
Rating64% 3.2479253.2479253.2479253.2479253.247925
À la frontière entre la Colombie, le Brésil et le Pérou (la Tres Fronteras), cinq amis réunis vont voir leur loyauté remise en question lorsqu'ils doivent faire tomber un baron de la drogue sud-américain. Ce qui ne sera pas sans de très lourdes conséquences.
Detroit
Detroit (2017)
, 2h23
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about racism
Actors John Boyega, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, Anthony Mackie, John Krasinski, Jason Mitchell
Rating72% 3.6497853.6497853.6497853.6497853.649785
En juillet 1967, d'importantes émeutes ont lieu à Détroit dans le Michigan, pour protester contre la ségrégation raciale aux États-Unis et la guerre du Viêt Nam. La police de Détroit reçoit des plaintes à propos de pillages, d'incendies et de tirs d'armes à feu pendant plusieurs jours. Les forces de l'ordre et la population Afro-Américaine sont sous pression et chaque situation est susceptible de dégénérer dangereusement. C'est dans ce contexte que les forces de l’ordre encerclent l’Algiers Motel d’où semblent provenir des détonations, et où va se dérouler l'affaire du Motel Algiers. Dans ce chaos, Melvin Dismukes, un agent de sécurité privé afro-américain, tente de survivre tout en protégeant — bien mal — ses semblables. Persuadés d'avoir été visés, mus par le racisme, le sadisme et un sentiment d'impunité les policiers vont terroriser, frapper violemment, injurier les clients de l'hôtel pendant une grande partie de la nuit et en tuer trois. Justice ne sera jamais rendue.
Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
, 2h37
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy, Historical
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, United States Armed Forces in films, Films about hijackings
Actors Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Jennifer Ehle
Roles Writer
Rating73% 3.697283.697283.697283.697283.69728
In 2003, Maya, a young U.S. Central Intelligence Agency officer, has spent her entire brief career, since graduating from college and being recruited for the agency, focused solely on gathering intelligence related to Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda, following the terrorist organization's attack on the United States in 2001. She is reassigned to the U.S. embassy in Pakistan to work with a fellow officer, Dan. During the first months of her assignment, Maya often accompanies Dan to a black site for his continuing interrogation of Ammar al-Baluchi, a detainee with suspected links to several of the hijackers in the September 11 attacks. Dan subjects the detainee to approved interrogation techniques, i.e., stress positions, hooding, subjection to deafening noise, sleep deprivation, waterboarding, and humiliation. After failing to get al-Baluchi to give up information on an attack in Saudi Arabia, he and Maya eventually trick Ammar into divulging that an old acquaintance, who is using the alias Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, is working as a personal courier for bin Laden. Other detainees corroborate this, with some claiming Abu Ahmed delivers messages between bin Laden and a man known as Abu Faraj al-Libbi. In 2005, Abu Faraj is apprehended by the CIA and local police in Pakistan. Maya is allowed to interrogate him, but he continues to deny knowing a courier with such a name. Maya interprets this as an attempt by Faraj to conceal the importance of Abu Ahmed.
The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker (2008)
, 2h11
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action
Themes Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Jeremy Lee Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Evangeline Lilly, Ralph Fiennes
Rating74% 3.7488453.7488453.7488453.7488453.748845
The Hurt Locker opens with a quotation from War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, a best-selling 2002 book by Chris Hedges, a New York Times war correspondent and journalist: "The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug."
In the Valley of Elah
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
, 2h4
Directed by Paul Haggis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon, Jason Patric, Frances Fisher, Wayne Duvall
Roles Story
Rating71% 3.5973953.5973953.5973953.5973953.597395
The film tells the story of military police veteran Hank Deerfield (Tommy Lee Jones), his wife Joan (Susan Sarandon) and their search for their son Mike (Jonathan Tucker). A soldier recently returned from Iraq, Mike has suddenly gone missing. Deerfield's investigation is aided by a police detective (Charlize Theron), who becomes personally involved in the case.

Producer

Triple Frontier
Triple Frontier (2019)
, 2h5
Directed by J. C. Chandor
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, Pedro Pascal, Adria Arjona
Roles Executive Producer
Rating64% 3.2479253.2479253.2479253.2479253.247925
À la frontière entre la Colombie, le Brésil et le Pérou (la Tres Fronteras), cinq amis réunis vont voir leur loyauté remise en question lorsqu'ils doivent faire tomber un baron de la drogue sud-américain. Ce qui ne sera pas sans de très lourdes conséquences.
Detroit
Detroit (2017)
, 2h23
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about racism
Actors John Boyega, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, Anthony Mackie, John Krasinski, Jason Mitchell
Roles Producer
Rating72% 3.6497853.6497853.6497853.6497853.649785
En juillet 1967, d'importantes émeutes ont lieu à Détroit dans le Michigan, pour protester contre la ségrégation raciale aux États-Unis et la guerre du Viêt Nam. La police de Détroit reçoit des plaintes à propos de pillages, d'incendies et de tirs d'armes à feu pendant plusieurs jours. Les forces de l'ordre et la population Afro-Américaine sont sous pression et chaque situation est susceptible de dégénérer dangereusement. C'est dans ce contexte que les forces de l’ordre encerclent l’Algiers Motel d’où semblent provenir des détonations, et où va se dérouler l'affaire du Motel Algiers. Dans ce chaos, Melvin Dismukes, un agent de sécurité privé afro-américain, tente de survivre tout en protégeant — bien mal — ses semblables. Persuadés d'avoir été visés, mus par le racisme, le sadisme et un sentiment d'impunité les policiers vont terroriser, frapper violemment, injurier les clients de l'hôtel pendant une grande partie de la nuit et en tuer trois. Justice ne sera jamais rendue.
Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
, 2h37
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy, Historical
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, United States Armed Forces in films, Films about hijackings
Actors Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Jennifer Ehle
Roles Producer
Rating73% 3.697283.697283.697283.697283.69728
In 2003, Maya, a young U.S. Central Intelligence Agency officer, has spent her entire brief career, since graduating from college and being recruited for the agency, focused solely on gathering intelligence related to Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda, following the terrorist organization's attack on the United States in 2001. She is reassigned to the U.S. embassy in Pakistan to work with a fellow officer, Dan. During the first months of her assignment, Maya often accompanies Dan to a black site for his continuing interrogation of Ammar al-Baluchi, a detainee with suspected links to several of the hijackers in the September 11 attacks. Dan subjects the detainee to approved interrogation techniques, i.e., stress positions, hooding, subjection to deafening noise, sleep deprivation, waterboarding, and humiliation. After failing to get al-Baluchi to give up information on an attack in Saudi Arabia, he and Maya eventually trick Ammar into divulging that an old acquaintance, who is using the alias Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, is working as a personal courier for bin Laden. Other detainees corroborate this, with some claiming Abu Ahmed delivers messages between bin Laden and a man known as Abu Faraj al-Libbi. In 2005, Abu Faraj is apprehended by the CIA and local police in Pakistan. Maya is allowed to interrogate him, but he continues to deny knowing a courier with such a name. Maya interprets this as an attempt by Faraj to conceal the importance of Abu Ahmed.
The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker (2008)
, 2h11
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action
Themes Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Jeremy Lee Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Evangeline Lilly, Ralph Fiennes
Roles Producer
Rating74% 3.7488453.7488453.7488453.7488453.748845
The Hurt Locker opens with a quotation from War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, a best-selling 2002 book by Chris Hedges, a New York Times war correspondent and journalist: "The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug."