Leslie Bohem

Leslie Bohem is an American screenwriter, television writer and producer, born on September 25, 1951 in Los Angeles. In the early 1980s, he formed the musical duo Bates Motel with drummer David Kendrick. In 1981, the pair became backing musicians for the band Sparks and later recruited other members of the group to form Gleaming Spires, who had a minor hit with the song "Are You Ready for the Sex Girls?" Bohem began working on feature films in 1989 and ventured into television in 1992. He is the son of writer and producer Endre Bohem.

Works

Six Month Chip

Things get dark as a group assembles in the basement of an Elks Lodge where a young man faces down the demons of his past while recounting the story of his addiction, recovery and his nightly struggle to stay sober.

Release Date: 2018-10-18

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Shut Eye

A darkly comedic look at the world of Los Angeles storefront psychics and the organized crime syndicate that runs them. Former magician Charlie Haverford oversees a number of fortune telling parlors on behalf of his violent and domineering Romani kingpin boss, until a blow to the head jars him into a new mindset, making him question everything he has ever believed.

Release Date: 2016-12-07

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 52

Extant

An astronaut returns home from a year long solo mission in space. She tries to reconnect with her husband and son in their everyday life. Her experiences in space and home lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.

Release Date: 2014-07-09

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 317

The Darkest Hour

In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race which has attacked Earth via our power supply.

Release Date: 2011-12-22

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 1480

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.

Release Date: 2010-05-04

Character: Self

Vote Count: 157

The Alamo

Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

Release Date: 2004-04-07

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 336

Taken

The show takes place from 1944 to 2002 and follows the lives of three families: the Crawfords, who seek to cover up the Roswell crash and the existence of aliens; the Keys, who are subject to frequent experimentation by the aliens; and the Clarkes, who sheltered one of the surviving aliens from the crash.

Release Date: 2002-12-02

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 372

Dante's Peak

Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.

Release Date: 1997-02-07

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1886

Daylight

A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.

Release Date: 1996-12-06

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1547

Twenty Bucks

A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.

Release Date: 1993-10-21

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 58

Nowhere to Run

Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.

Release Date: 1993-01-15

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 721

Kid

A young man (the 'Kid') returns to the small town where his parents were murdered when he was a boy. He's there for revenge. Locals Kate and Louie befriend him, much to the annoyance of some of the town folk.

Release Date: 1990-11-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 16

Desperado: Badlands Justice

Alex McArthur returns as cowboy Duell McCall, who wanders the wide frontier in search of the one man who will clear him of a murder charge (What price Fugitive?) Once more, McCall finds himself in a corruption-ridden mining town. Since no one knows his true identity, he is able to establish a modicum of law and order, despite the concerted efforts of greedy land baron John Rhys-Davies. It is only a matter of time, however, before McCall will be forced to move on to other adventures.

Release Date: 1989-12-17

Department: Writing

Job: Teleplay

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

Alice finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child.

Release Date: 1989-08-11

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1292

Repo

Two repo men have come to collect on a forgotten debt. Proving once and for all that possession is nine-tenths of the law.

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

The Horror Show

Vowing revenge on the detective who apprehended him, serial killer "Meat Cleaver" Max Jenke returns from beyond the grave to launch a whole new reign of terror.

Release Date: 1989-04-28

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 150