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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 .
Mark Boal was born on 23 January 1973 in New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Hurt Locker (2008), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and Detroit (2017).
- January 1, 1
- 1.88 m
- New York, USA
- Producer, Writer, Director
Jul 22, 2009 · Mark Boal, a former Playboy writer and journalist, shares how he turned his observations of bomb disposal in Iraq into a fictional film directed by Kathryn Bigelow. He reveals the real facts, dangers and challenges of the EOD soldiers' job, and the creative process of writing the screenplay.
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 ...
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...
Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American historical drama thriller film directed and produced by Kathryn Bigelow, and written and produced by Mark Boal. The film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden, leader of the terrorist network Al-Qaeda, after the September 11 attacks.
Birthday: Jan 23, 1973. Birthplace: New York, USA. Though primarily a long-form journalist for major magazines, writer Mark Boal turned his harrowing weeks-long experience with the U.S. Army...
