---
name: "Lem Dobbs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lem-dobbs"
fi1m_id: "lem-dobbs"
imdb_id: "nm0229644"
tmdb_id: 23649
wikidata_id: "Q1816752"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 December 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T14:07:33.074565+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."
---

# Lem Dobbs

## Identity

Lem Dobbs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lem-dobbs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lem-dobbs
- **IMDb ID:** nm0229644
- **TMDB ID:** 23649
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1816752
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lem_Dobbs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1816752, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229644/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23649

Writer. Born 24 December 1959 in Oxford, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 December 1959, Oxford, England, UK
- **Active:** 1991–present
- **Also known as:** Anton Lemuel Kitaj
- **Frequently works with:** [Steven Soderbergh](https://film.one/person/steven-soderbergh.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 71 (3), 2010s 74 (1), 2020s 61 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 63 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Mystery 2, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $87m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lem_Dobbs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1816752, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229644/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23649

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Limey*](https://film.one/film/the-limey.md) (80)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Dark City*](https://film.one/film/dark-city.md) (76)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Haywire*](https://film.one/film/haywire.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lem Dobbs, born Anton Lemuel Kitaj, is a British-American screenwriter. He is the son of painter R. B. Kitaj and adopted his pen name from the Humphrey Bogart character in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). He trained at the American School in London and appeared as a child actor in The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972).

Dobbs's screenplays include Kafka (1991), The Limey (1999) and Haywire (2011), all directed by Steven Soderbergh. He received co-writing credit on Dark City (1998) and The Score (2001), and contributed the story for Lee (2024). Other credits include The Hard Way (1991), The Company You Keep (2012) and Gotti (2018).

He has been married to Dana Kraft since 1991.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Lee* (2024), Fi1m 61, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/lee.md)
- *Haywire* (2011), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/haywire.md)
- *The Limey* (1999), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-limey.md)
- *Dark City* (1998), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/dark-city.md)
- *Kafka* (1991), Fi1m 58, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/kafka.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Lee* (2024), Story — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/lee.md)
- *Gotti* (2018), Screenplay, Co-Producer
- *The Company You Keep* (2012), Screenplay
- *Haywire* (2011), Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/haywire.md)
- *Fear Itself* (2008), series, Story, Teleplay
- *The Score* (2001), Screenplay
- *The Limey* (1999), Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-limey.md)
- *Dark City* (1998), Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/dark-city.md)
- *Kafka* (1991), Writer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/kafka.md)
- *The Hard Way* (1991), Producer, Story, Screenplay
- *Hider in the House* (1989), Writer, Co-Producer
- *The Boy Who Turned Yellow* (1972), as Munro

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