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Jeffrey Boam (November 30, 1949 – January 24, 2000) was an American screenwriter and film producer. Educated at Sacramento State College and UCLA, he became one of Hollywood's most successful and highest paid writers during the 1980s and 1990s, working with such stars as Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Billy Zane and Sean Connery and filmmakers Richard Donner, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

Early in his career, he co-wrote the screenplay for Straight Time starring Dustin Hoffman. He then adapted the Stephen King novel The Dead Zone for the screen. In the mid 1980s, Warner Bros signed him to a long-term contract, resulting in a number of successful films, including The Lost Boys and the blockbusters Lethal Weapon 2 and Lethal Weapon 3. He also authored the screenplay for Paramount/Lucasfilm's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In 1996, he wrote The Phantom, based on the famed comic book hero and starring Billy Zane and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

For television, he wrote and directed an episode of HBO's Tales From the Crypt, and co-created and produced the critically-acclaimed series The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. featuring Bruce Campbell, which premiered on the Fox Network in 1993. Although Brisco ran for only 27 episodes, the series has developed a cult following.

Tragically, his career was cut short when he suffered heart failure as the result of a rare lung disease.

Filmography

• Straight Time (1978) (sceenplay)
• The Dead Zone (1983) (screenplay)
• Innerspace (1987) (screenplay)
• The Lost Boys (1987) (screenplay)
• Funny Farm (1988) (screenplay)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (screenplay)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) (screenplay)
• Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) (screenplay/story)
• The Adventures of Brisco County Jr (1993) (TV) (creator/writer/executive producer)
• Tales From The Crypt (1993) (TV) (Episode: Creep Course) (teleplay/director)
• The Phantom (1996) (written by/co-producer)

Jeffrey (a close personal friend from the time we were at Sacramento State together) was born in 1946, not 1949. He told me that mistake had been made in several reference works, but he didn`t know why. The text might also give an appropriate mention to "Innerspace" - a triumph of Jeff`s incredible wit, a fine film, and the only one in which he appears.

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