| Leslie Bohem | |
| Birth Name: | Leslie Karoly Bohem |
| Birth Date: | 25 September 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation: | Screenwriter, producer |
| Parents: | Endre Bohem |
Leslie "Les" Bohem (born 1951) is an American screenwriter, television writer,[1] and former bassist. He is the son of screenwriter Endre Bohem.
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.
| Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | House III: The Horror Show | Written by | Co-wrote with Allyn Warner/Alan Smithee |
| Screenplay by, story by | Co-wrote story with John Skipp & Craig Spector | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |