Mark Boal

Mark Boal

Birth : 1973-01-23, New York City, New York, USA

History

Mark Boal (born January 23, 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 as Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Salon and Playboy.

Profile

Mark Boal

Movies

Triple Frontier
Triple Frontier
Executive Producer
Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
Triple Frontier
Triple Frontier
Screenplay
Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
Triple Frontier
Triple Frontier
Story
Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
Detroit
Detroit
Producer
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Detroit
Detroit
Screenplay
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
After Earth
After Earth
Script Consultant
One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.
Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty
Producer
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty
Writer
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker
Producer
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker
Screenplay
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
In the Valley of Elah
In the Valley of Elah
Story
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Untitled GameStop Stock Movie
Untitled GameStop Stock Movie
Screenplay
Chronicles the 2021 mass stock market manipulation performed by Reddit users.