---
name: "Mark Bomback"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-bomback"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "29 August 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T16:49:19.810346+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."
---

# Mark Bomback

Writer and producer. Born 29 August 1971 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 29 August 1971, New Rochelle, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Also known as:** مارك بومباك
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Andy Serkis](https://film.one/person/andy-serkis.md), [Dylan Clark](https://film.one/person/dylan-clark.md), [Matt Reeves](https://film.one/person/matt-reeves.md), [Peter Chernin](https://film.one/person/peter-chernin.md), [Rick Jaffa](https://film.one/person/rick-jaffa.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 65 (1), 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Drama 2, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, War 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,585m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bomback, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250201, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093560/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18189

## Coming up

- *Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow* (2027-11-11), Writer

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Dawn of the Planet of the Apes*](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) (78)
- **HBO Max:** [*War for the Planet of the Apes*](https://film.one/film/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Mark Bomback is an American screenwriter. Born on 29 August 1971 in New Rochelle, New York, he graduated from Wesleyan University, where he studied English literature and film studies.

His early credits include the 1998 thriller *The Night Caller*. He went on to write the screenplay and story for *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007). Bomback later contributed to the *Planet of the Apes* reboot series, writing *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014) and *War for the Planet of the Apes* (2017), both also as executive producer on the latter two. Other screenplays include *The Wolverine* (2013), *Total Recall* (2012), *Unstoppable* (2010) and *Race to Witch Mountain* (2009).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *War for the Planet of the Apes* (2017), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007), Fi1m 65, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/live-free-or-die-hard.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Fast X* (2023), Fi1m 58, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-x.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow* (2027), Writer
- *White Bird* (2023), Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Fast X* (2023), Executive Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-x.md)
- *The United States vs. Billie Holiday* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Defending Jacob* (2020), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Art of Racing in the Rain* (2019), Screenplay
- *Outlaw King* (2018), as Additional Writing
- *War for the Planet of the Apes* (2017), Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Insurgent* (2015), Screenplay
- *Legends* (2014), series, Teleplay, Story
- *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *The Wolverine* (2013), Screenplay
- *Total Recall* (2012), Screenplay
- *Unstoppable* (2010), Writer
- *Race to Witch Mountain* (2009), Screenplay
- *Deception* (2008), Screenstory, Writer
- *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/live-free-or-die-hard.md)
- *Godsend* (2004), Screenplay
- *The Night Caller* (1998), Writer
- *So Far Gone*, series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Shutout*, Producer

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