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Mark Boal was born on January 23, 1973, in New York City, the son of Lillian Firestone and William Stetson Boal, Jr., a producer of educational films. His half–brother is Christopher Stetson Boal, a playwright and screenwriter. His mother was born to a Jewish family and his father converted to Judaism.
Feb 11, 2013 · Boal has worked as a journalist for 20 years moved into the film business when an article he wrote became the basis of the 2007 Iraq war-related film, “In the Valley of Elah.”
- Pat Sierchio
So Boal didn’t advertise his Jewish background (in a “leftie, counterculture-y, sandals-wearing, granola-crunching” home in Greenwich Village) as he trekked about with the expert technicians...
When Mark Boal arrived in Iraq to cover the Army’s high-risk bomb squad for Playboy magazine in 2004, officials startled him with two unusual questions.nn“They wanted to know my blood type...
Jun 23, 2022 · The writer pulled from his own experiences in Iraq. Scott Legato/Getty Images. The original screenplay for "The Hurt Locker" was written by Mark Boal, who also produced the film. Much of the...
Jul 10, 2009 · In 2004, the journalist Mark Boal spent two weeks in Baghdad, embedded with the members of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (E.O.D.) unit. Boal’s reporting led to the screenplay for “The Hurt...
Jul 22, 2009 · After spending time in 2004 as an embedded journalist in Iraq, Playboy writer Mark Boal turned his experiences and observations into a fictionalized character study of three bomb technicians in...
