# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-boal
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:57:38.763Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-boal"
name: "Mark Boal"
slug: "mark-boal"
description: "Mark Boal is an American journalist, screenwriter, and film producer. Boal initially worked as a journalist, writing for outlets like Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Salon, and Playboy. Boal's 2004 article \"Death and Dishonor\" was adapted for the film In the Valley of Elah, which Boal also co-wrote."
tagline: "American journalist, screenwriter and film producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mark_Boal_02_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1973-01-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.305804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1676793/"
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    title: "Марк Боал"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump