---
name: "Leslie Bohem"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leslie-bohem"
fi1m_id: "leslie-bohem"
imdb_id: "nm0092018"
tmdb_id: 58726
wikidata_id: "Q2333174"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "25 September 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 55
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T00:36:00.314659+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."
---

# Leslie Bohem

## Identity

Leslie Bohem

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leslie-bohem
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leslie-bohem
- **IMDb ID:** nm0092018
- **TMDB ID:** 58726
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2333174
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Bohem, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2333174, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092018/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58726

Writer. Born 25 September 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 25 September 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1996–1997
- **Also known as:** Leslie Karoly Bohem, Les Bohem
- **Frequently works with:** [Joseph Singer](https://film.one/person/joseph-singer.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 55, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Bohem, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2333174, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092018/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58726

## Biography

Leslie Bohem is an American screenwriter, television writer and producer. Born Leslie Karoly Bohem on 25 September 1951 in Los Angeles, he is the son of screenwriter and producer Endre Bohem.

He began his career as a bassist in the 1980s, playing with Sparks and Gleaming Spires (having earlier formed the duo Bates Motel). Bohem started writing for feature films in 1989 and moved into television in 1992. His credits include the screenplays for *Daylight* (1996) and *Dante's Peak* (1997), the miniseries *Taken* (2002, which he created), *The Alamo* (2004), and the series *Extant* (2014–2015) and *Shut Eye* (2016–2017, which he created). He also wrote the story for *The Darkest Hour* (2011).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Dante's Peak* (1997), Fi1m 56, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/dantes-peak.md)
- *Daylight* (1996), Fi1m 54, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/daylight.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Boiled Alive* (2025), Actor
- *The Map That Leads to You* (2025), Executive Producer, Screenplay, Story
- *Six Month Chip* (2018), Writer
- *Shut Eye* (2016), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Extant* (2014), series, Writer
- *The Darkest Hour* (2011), Story
- *The Alamo* (2004), Screenplay
- *Taken* (2002), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Dante's Peak* (1997), Screenplay — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/dantes-peak.md)
- *Daylight* (1996), Screenplay — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/daylight.md)
- *Twenty Bucks* (1993), Writer
- *Nowhere to Run* (1993), Screenplay
- *Kid* (1990), Writer
- *Desperado: Badlands Justice* (1989), Story, Teleplay
- *A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child* (1989), Screenplay, Story
- *The Horror Show* (1989), Writer
- *Repo*, Writer
- *Mindful*, Writer

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