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Mark Boal (born January 23, 1973) is an American journalist, screenwriter, and film producer. Boal initially worked as a journalist, writing for outlets like Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Salon, and Playboy. Boal's 2004 article "Death and Dishonor" was adapted for the film In the Valley of Elah, which Boal also co-wrote.
- January 23, 1973 (age 50), New York City, U.S.
- Oberlin College (1995)
- Journalist, screenwriter, film producer
- Christopher Stetson Boal (half-brother)
Mark Boal is an American filmmaker who won two Oscars for The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty. He was born in 1973 in New York and graduated from Oberlin College in philosophy.
- January 1, 1
- 1.88 m
- New York, USA
- Producer, Writer, Director
Nov 16, 2022 · Mark Boal, a former journalist, specializes in stories about complicated heroes engulfed by events much larger than themselves. His first TV series, “Echo 3,” is no exception. Jake Michaels for...
Jun 14, 2013 · How did Mark Boal, a former investigative reporter, become a screenwriter for The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty? The Nation explores his transition from exposing injustice to collaborating with the CIA and Hollywood.
July 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...
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Mark Boal is a producer and writer, known for The Hurt Locker (2008), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and Detroit (2017). He was born on January 23, 1973 in New York, USA. He has a degree in philosophy from Oberlin College and a brother named Christopher Stetson Boal.
Jul 22, 2009 · Mark Boal, the writer of The Hurt Locker, talks about his experience of embedded journalism in Iraq and how he turned it into a fictionalized character study of three bomb technicians. He shares his insights on the dangers, challenges, and rewards of writing about the EOD team, and how he captured their personalities and situations in the film.
