Writing · age 53

Mark Boal

Best rated: The Hurt Locker (7.5)

Films: 5
Avg rating: 7.16
Peak run: 2007’19
7+ run: 4 films

Films: 5
Avg rating: 7.16
Peak run: 2007’19
7+ run: 4 films

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The career

Mark Boal, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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20075 films2019

Current formLast 5: 7.16 vs career 7.16 (−0.00)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Mark by the numbers

Average

7.16

5 rated films

Vote weighted

7.17

bigger films count more

Median

7.3

half are better

Consistency

±0.40

rating spread

Career

13y

2007 to 2019

Total votes

1.15M

across every film

Best

7.5

The Hurt Locker

Worst

6.5

Triple Frontier

Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography

2019	Triple Frontier	6.5	164K
2017	Detroit	7.3	59,470
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	7.4	345K
2008	The Hurt Locker	7.5	500K
2007	In the Valley of Elah	7.1	77,856

Better together?

Mark Boal's regulars

Kathryn BigelowWriter · 3 films · 7.40 avg▲+0.44

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Mark Boal

4 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

Best Picture · Academy Awards 2013
Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2013
Written by Mark Boal
Nominated
Best Picture · Academy Awards 2010
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
Won
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2010
Written by Mark Boal
Won

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