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Mark Boal

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Director
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Mark Boal at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
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).
BornJanuary 23, 1973
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BornJanuary 23, 1973
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  • Won 2 Oscars
    • 25 wins & 54 nominations total

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Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal in Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal
Mark Boal
Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal
Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal
Kathryn Bigelow, Charlie Rose, and Mark Boal at an event for Charlie Rose (1991)
Kyle Chandler, Jason Clarke, Mark Duplass, Harold Perrineau, Edgar Ramírez, Jessica Chastain, Mark Boal, and Megan Ellison at an event for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Mark Boal at an event for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Kathryn Bigelow, Kyle Chandler, Jason Clarke, Jessica Chastain, and Mark Boal at an event for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Mark Boal at an event for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Jessica Chastain and Mark Boal at an event for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Kathryn Bigelow, Jeremy Renner, Greg Shapiro, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, and Mark Boal at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)

Known for

Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Hurt Locker
7.5
  • Producer
  • 2008
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty
7.4
  • Producer
  • 2012
Anthony Mackie, Will Poulter, John Boyega, and Algee Smith in Detroit (2017)
Detroit
7.3
  • Producer
  • 2017
Ben Affleck, Pedro Pascal, Charlie Hunnam, Oscar Isaac, and Garrett Hedlund in Triple Frontier (2019)
Triple Frontier
6.4
  • Producer
  • 2019

Credits

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Producer

  • Michiel Huisman, Luke Evans, and Jessica Ann Collins in Echo 3 (2022)
    Echo 3
    • executive producer (showrunner)
    • TV Series
    • 2022–2023
  • Ben Affleck, Pedro Pascal, Charlie Hunnam, Oscar Isaac, and Garrett Hedlund in Triple Frontier (2019)
    Triple Frontier
    • executive producer
    • 2019
  • Class of Lies (2018)
    Class of Lies
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Path of Blood (2018)
    Path of Blood
    • executive producer
    • 2018
  • Anthony Mackie, Will Poulter, John Boyega, and Algee Smith in Detroit (2017)
    Detroit
    • producer
    • 2017
  • Death in the Terminal (2016)
    Death in the Terminal
    • executive producer
    • 2016
  • Serial (2014)
    Serial
    • producer
    • Podcast Series
    • 2015–2016
  • Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
    Zero Dark Thirty
    • producer
    • 2012
  • Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (2008)
    The Hurt Locker
    • producer
    • 2008

Writer

  • Michiel Huisman, Luke Evans, and Jessica Ann Collins in Echo 3 (2022)
    Echo 3
    • created by
    • written for television by
    • written by (creator) ...
    • TV Series
    • 2022–2023
  • Ben Affleck, Pedro Pascal, Charlie Hunnam, Oscar Isaac, and Garrett Hedlund in Triple Frontier (2019)
    Triple Frontier
    • screenplay by
    • story by
    • 2019
  • Anthony Mackie, Will Poulter, John Boyega, and Algee Smith in Detroit (2017)
    Detroit
    • written by
    • 2017
  • Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
    Zero Dark Thirty
    • written by
    • 2012
  • Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (2008)
    The Hurt Locker
    • written by
    • 2008
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron in In the Valley of Elah (2007)
    In the Valley of Elah
    • story
    • 2007

Director

  • Michiel Huisman, Luke Evans, and Jessica Ann Collins in Echo 3 (2022)
    Echo 3
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022–2023
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Born
    • January 23, 1973
    • New York, USA
  • Parents
      Lillian Firestone
  • Relatives
      Christopher Stetson Boal(Sibling)
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    • 1 Interview

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    Graduated from Oberlin College in 1995 with a degree in philosophy.

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