This article is about the screenwriter. For the baseball player, see Mark Bomback (baseball).
Mark Bomback
Birth dateAugust 29, 1971 (age 55)
Birth placeNew Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Alma materWesleyan University
OccupationScreenwriter

Mark Bomback (born August 29, 1971) is an American screenwriter, originally from New Rochelle, New York. Bomback is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he studied English Literature and Film Studies.[1][2]

Biography

In 1994, Bomback began working as an assistant for Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey, holding the job for a year. His first credited screenplay was The Night Caller (1998). He has since gone on to co-write the scripts to numerous blockbuster films, including Live Free or Die Hard (2007), The Wolverine (2013) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), as well as doing uncredited rewrites on several high-profile films, such as Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), Logan and The Mummy (both 2017).[3]

Bomback lives in Chappaqua, New York with his wife and four children. He is neighbors with former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.[3]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1998The Night CallerRobert Malenfant
2004GodsendNick HammAlso co-producer
2007Live Free or Die HardLen Wiseman
2008DeceptionMarcel Langenegger
2009Race to Witch MountainAndy Fickman
2010UnstoppableTony Scott
2012Total RecallLen Wiseman
2013The WolverineJames Mangold
2014Dawn of the Planet of the ApesMatt ReevesAlso executive producer
2015The Divergent Series: InsurgentRobert Schwentke
2017War for the Planet of the ApesMatt ReevesAlso executive producer
2018Outlaw King[4]David MackenzieAdditional writing
2019The Art of Racing in the RainSimon Curtis
2024White BirdMarc Forster

Uncredited

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2011Rise of the Planet of the Apes[3]Rupert Wyatt
2015Fifty Shades of Grey[3]Sam Taylor-Johnson
2017Logan[3]James Mangold
The Mummy[3]Alex Kurtzman

Television

YearTitleWriterCreatorProducerNotes
2014Legends
2020Defending JacobMiniseries

References

  1. ^ Mark Bomback Archived 2006-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Screenwriter's Utopia
  2. ^ "Mark Bomback". The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-01-13.
  3. ^ Siegel, Tatiana (August 3, 2017). "How Planet of the Apes Writer Mark Bomback Got His Improbable Hollywood Start". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived May 10, 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  4. ^ Debruge, Peter (September 6, 2018). "Film Review: Chris Pine in 'Outlaw King'". Variety. Archived November 13, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 28, 2020.