Leslie Bohem

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Leslie Bohem
Born
Leslie Karoly Bohem

(1951-09-25) September 25, 1951 (age 71)
Occupation(s) Screenwriter, producer
Parent Endre Bohem

Leslie "Les" Bohem (born 1951) is an American screenwriter, television writer, [1] and former bassist. He is the son of screenwriter Endre Bohem.

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Biography

Bohem played bass in the 1980s with the pop groups Sparks and Gleaming Spires.

Bohem's writing credits include the miniseries Taken and the films Dante's Peak , Twenty Bucks (with his father), Daylight , and The Alamo . He also wrote the storybook of the Steven Spielberg produced mini-series Nine Lives. [2]

Bohem wrote parts of the science-fiction television series Extant , executive produced by Spielberg and created the series Shut Eye , airing on the streaming service Hulu. It was given a straight-to-series 10-episode order. All ten episodes became available on December 7, 2016. [3] A second season was ordered on March 20, 2017 [4] which was released on December 6, 2017.

Filmography

Film

YearFilmCreditNotes
1989 House III: The Horror Show Written byCo-wrote with Allyn Warner/Alan Smithee
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child Screenplay by, story byCo-wrote story with John Skipp & Craig Spector
Desperado: Badlands Justice Screenplay by, story byCo-wrote story with Andrew Mirisch
1990 Kid Written by
1993 Nowhere to Run Screenplay byCo-wrote screenplay with Joe Eszterhas and Randy Feldman, based on a story by Joe Eszterhas & Richard Marquand
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday Uncredited script work
Twenty Bucks Written byCo-wrote with Endre Bohem
1996 Daylight Written by
1997 Dante's Peak Written by
2004 The Alamo Written byCo-wrote Stephen Gaghan and John Lee Hancock
2011 The Darkest Hour Story byCo-wrote story with M.T. Ahern and Jon Spaihts
2015 Tracers Uncredited script work

Television

YearFilmCreditNotes
1992 The Fifth Corner Writer1 episode
2002 Taken Creator, Executive Producer10 episodes, mini series
2014-2015 Extant Written by, Consulting Producer5 episodes
2016-2017 Shut Eye Created by, Written by, Story by20 episodes

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References

  1. "Leslie Bohem". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2013-06-30.
  2. TV: NBC Interested in Tamer Version of Spielberg Produced 'Nine Lives'...
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  4. Andreeva, Nellie (20 March 2017). "'Shut Eye' Renewed For Season 2 By Hulu With John Shiban As New Showrunner".