Jeffrey Boam
Jeffrey David Boam was an American screenwriter and film producer. He is known for writing the screenplays for Lethal Weaponand 3, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Innerspace, and The Lost Boys. Boams films had a cumulative gross of over US1 billion. He was educated at Sacramento State College and UCLA. Boam died of heart failure on January 24, 2000 at age 53.
Boam was born in Rochester, New York. He grew up in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and his family moved to Sacramento, California when he was 11. His father was an aeronautical engineer. He developed a taste for action films by watching World War II movies on television as a child. As a teenager, he saw the film Tom Jones, which he said made the greatest impression on him, ultimately making him want to be in movies. He attended Sacramento State College, earning a B.A. in art in 1969. While interested in the film industry, he initially thought that his art training would lead him to a career in art direction or production design. Not wanting to serve in the ranks, he decided that directing would be most satisfying. He entered graduate school at UCLA film school, hoping to start a career in directing. He couldnt afford to pay for his own film, processing, and equipment. But he did own a typewriter, so he took a writing course and prepared to study screenwriting instead of directing. At UCLA, he
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