Jeffrey Boam

1946–2000 · American screenwriter, film producer

Jeffrey David Boam was an American screenwriter and film producer. He is known for writing the screenplays for The Dead Zone, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Innerspace, The Lost Boys, and Lethal Weapon 2 and 3. Boam's films had a cumulative gross of over US$1 billion. He was educated at Sacramento State College and UCLA. Boam died of heart failure on January 26, 2000, at age 53.

Jeffrey Boam, in order

1. 1978 Straight Time: wrote · directed by Ulu Grosbard · critics 82%, audiences 82%
2. 1983 The Dead Zone: wrote · directed by David Cronenberg · critics 89%, audiences 77% · streaming on Paramount+, AMC+, YouTube (free)
3. 1987 Innerspace: wrote, acted · directed by Joe Dante · critics 81%, audiences 66%
4. 1987 The Lost Boys: wrote · directed by Joel Schumacher
5. 1988 Funny Farm: wrote · directed by George Roy Hill
6. 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: wrote · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 84%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount+
7. 1989 Lethal Weapon 2: wrote · directed by Richard Donner · critics 81%, audiences 78%
8. 1992 Lethal Weapon 3: wrote · directed by Richard Donner · critics 64%, audiences 61%
9. 1993 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (TV series): created
10. 1996 The Phantom: wrote · directed by Simon Wincer