---
name: "Jeffrey Boam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeffrey-boam"
fi1m_id: "jeffrey-boam"
imdb_id: "nm0090151"
tmdb_id: 737
wikidata_id: "Q251638"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 November 1946"
died: "24 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T21:56:05.590573+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jeffrey Boam

## Identity

Jeffrey Boam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeffrey-boam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeffrey-boam
- **IMDb ID:** nm0090151
- **TMDB ID:** 737
- **Wikidata ID:** Q251638
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Boam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251638, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0090151/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/737

Writer. Born 30 November 1946 in Rochester, New York, U.S.A. Died 24 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 November 1946, Rochester, New York, U.S.A
- **Died:** 24 January 2000
- **Active:** 1983–1992
- **Also known as:** Jeffrey David Boam
- **Frequently works with:** [Danny Glover](https://film.one/person/danny-glover.md), [Joel Silver](https://film.one/person/joel-silver.md), [Joe Pesci](https://film.one/person/joe-pesci.md), [Mel Gibson](https://film.one/person/mel-gibson.md), [Richard Donner](https://film.one/person/richard-donner.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (3), 1990s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Thriller 3, Crime 2, Adventure 1, Horror 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,045m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Boam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251638, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0090151/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/737

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade.md) (83)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Dead Zone*](https://film.one/film/the-dead-zone.md) (82)

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## Biography

Jeffrey David Boam was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote the screenplay for *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989).

Boam was born in Rochester, New York, and educated at Sacramento State College and UCLA. His other screenplay credits include *The Dead Zone* (1983), *Innerspace* (1987), *The Lost Boys* (1987), *Funny Farm* (1988), *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989) and *Lethal Weapon 3* (1992), *The Phantom* (1996), and *Straight Time* (1978). He also directed an episode of the television series *Tales from the Crypt* (1989). Boam died in 2000.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, findagrave.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Lethal Weapon 3* (1992), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-3.md)
- *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade.md)
- *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-2.md)
- *The Dead Zone* (1983), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead-zone.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Phantom* (1996), Screenplay, Co-Producer
- *The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.* (1993), series, Producer, Creator
- *The Witches of Eastwick* (1992), Executive Producer, Teleplay
- *Lethal Weapon 3* (1992), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-3.md)
- *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-2.md)
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Director, Screenplay
- *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade.md)
- *Funny Farm* (1988), Screenplay
- *The Lost Boys* (1987), Screenplay
- *Innerspace* (1987), as Lydia's Interviewee · Screenplay
- *The Dead Zone* (1983), Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead-zone.md)
- *Straight Time* (1978), Screenplay

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hugo Awards 1990: Best Dramatic Presentation (won), for *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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