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

Leslie Bohem
Born
Leslie Karoly Bohem

(1951-09-25) September 25, 1951 (age 73)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, producer
ParentEndre Bohem

Biography

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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

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Film

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Year Film Credit Notes
1989 House III: The Horror Show Written by Co-wrote with Allyn Warner/Alan Smithee
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child Screenplay by, story by Co-wrote story with John Skipp & Craig Spector
Desperado: Badlands Justice Screenplay by, story by Co-wrote story with Andrew Mirisch
1990 Kid Written by
1993 Nowhere to Run Screenplay by Co-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 by Co-wrote with Endre Bohem
1996 Daylight Written by
1997 Dante's Peak Written by
2004 The Alamo Written by Co-wrote Stephen Gaghan and John Lee Hancock
2011 The Darkest Hour Story by Co-wrote story with M.T. Ahern and Jon Spaihts
2015 Tracers Uncredited script work

Television

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Year Film Credit Notes
1992 The Fifth Corner Writer 1 episode
2002 Taken Creator, Executive Producer 10 episodes, mini series
2014-2015 Extant Written by, Consulting Producer 5 episodes
2016-2017 Shut Eye Created by, Written by, Story by 20 episodes

References

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  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'...
  3. ^ Alex McCown-Levy (December 7, 2016). "Hulu gives fake psychics real drama in the addicting Shut Eye". AVClub.com.
  4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (20 March 2017). "'Shut Eye' Renewed For Season 2 By Hulu With John Shiban As New Showrunner".
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