Leslie "Les" Bohem (born 1951) is an American
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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, television writer, and former bassist. He is the son of screenwriter
Endre Bohem
Endre Bohem (May 1, 1901 – May 5, 1990) was a Hungarian American screenwriter, film producer and television writer.
Bohem is best known for such films and television series as ''Twenty Bucks'', '' The Boys of Paul Street'', ''Monster from Gre ...
.
Biography
Bohem played bass in the 1980s with the pop groups
Sparks and
Gleaming Spires
Gleaming Spires was an American new wave pop group in the 1980s.
Background
Performing as Bates Motel, they were enlisted by brothers Ron and Russell Mael to be a part of the 1981–85 incarnation of their band, Sparks. After completing demo ...
.
Bohem's writing credits include the miniseries ''
Taken'' and the films ''
Dante's Peak
''Dante's Peak'' is a 1997 American disaster thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Leslie Bohem, and starring Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, and Charles Hallahan. The film is set in the fictional town of Dante's Peak where the in ...
'', ''
Twenty Bucks
''Twenty Bucks'' is a 1993 film directed by Keva Rosenfeld and starring Linda Hunt, Brendan Fraser, Gladys Knight, Elisabeth Shue, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Lloyd, William H. Macy, David Schwimmer, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Spalding Gray. The fil ...
'' (with his father), ''
Daylight
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'', and ''
The Alamo''. He also wrote the storybook of the
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spie ...
produced mini-series ''Nine Lives.''
Bohem wrote parts of the science-fiction television series ''
Extant
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* Extant hereditary titles
* Extant literature, surviving literature, such as ''Beowulf'', the oldest extant manuscript written in English
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'', executive produced by Spielberg and created the series ''
Shut Eye
''Shut Eye'' is an American drama streaming television series created by Leslie Bohem, 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. A second seas ...
'', airing on the streaming service
Hulu
Hulu () is an American subscription streaming service majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast's NBCUniversal holding a minority stake. It was launched on October 29, 2007 and it offers a library of films and television serie ...
. It was given a straight-to-series 10-episode order. All ten episodes became available on December 7, 2016. A second season was ordered on March 20, 2017
which was released on December 6, 2017.
Filmography
References
External links
Personal website*
Living people
1951 births
20th-century American bass guitarists
20th-century American male musicians
American male screenwriters
American male bass guitarists
American rock bass guitarists
American television writers
American television producers
American male television writers
Sparks (band) members
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