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.
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.
Release Date2008-10-10
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count5947
Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
Release Date2019-03-06
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count3419
When brilliant scientist Amber Chesborough vanishes along the Colombia-Venezuela border, her brother and her husband—both elite U.S. Army commandos—struggle to find her amid a guerilla war, discovering that the woman they love might have a secret.
Release Date2022-11-22
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count158
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.
Release Date2007-09-14
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count1052
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.
Release Date2012-12-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4746
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.
Release Date2013-05-30
DepartmentWriting
JobScript Consultant
Vote Count6736
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Release Date2017-07-28
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count1712
A thrilling reconstruction in so-called Rashomon style, with several eyewitnesses offering their own perspectives on a single event. On October 18, 2015, a terrorist started shooting at the bus terminal in the Israeli town of Be’er Sheva, killing an Israeli soldier. This detailed, minute-by-minute reconstruction reveals what happened in the crucial 18 minutes following the attack.
Release Date2016-11-24
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count9
Chronicles the 2021 mass stock market manipulation performed by Reddit users.
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
