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Mark Boal

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Mark Boal · Arts & Literature

What

Journalist-screenwriter of The Hurt Locker (two Academy Awards 2009) and Zero Dark Thirty

When

1973, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Mark Boal is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Journalist-screenwriter of The Hurt Locker (two Academy Awards 2009) and Zero Dark Thirty

How & why

Mark Boal is a journalist turned screenwriter and producer who wrote 'The Hurt Locker' (2008), winning the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture, and later wrote 'Zero Dark Thirty.' His war films drew on his reporting from Iraq. He is documented as Jewish among Jewish screenwriters.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters

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Journalist-screenwriter of The Hurt Locker (two Academy Awards 2009) and Zero Dark Thirty

2009

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters