Biography
Boardman is best known as the co-writer and producer of The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005). He also co-wrote the screenplays for Hellraiser: Inferno (2000) and Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000), and worked on production rewrites of Dracula 2000, The Messengers and Scream 4. Boardman produced The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) (2008) for Fox and is currently writing and producing Devil's Knot, based on the book by Mara Leveritt. In addition, Boardman is writing The Substitute for producer Sam Raimi, Mandate, and Columbia Pictures, and he is writing and producing a suspense thriller, The Living, for Lakeshore Entertainment. Boardman's other screenplays in development include The Birds for Universal Pictures, Mandalay Pictures, and Platinum Dunes, and Poltergeist for MGM.
Boardman is co-writing and executive producing Thunderstruck, a sci-fi drama pilot for AMC, and he is also co-writing and executive producing a drama pilot for MTV scripted television.
In October, 2011, it was announced that Boardman would co-write the horror-thriller Two Eyes Staring for Summit Entertainment, starring Charlize Theron, who is also attached to produce. And in September, 2012, it was announced that Boardman will adapt the James Patterson bestseller Guilty Wives for Maven Pictures, and he will also executive produce the film.
Boardman has also written other screenplays for various studios and production companies, including TriStar, Disney, Bruckheimer Films, IEG, APG, Sony, Lakeshore, Screen Gems, Universal and MGM.
Boardman grew up in the Appalachian region of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Sewanee with honors degrees in English literature and psychology. He earned an M.A. in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University, and also studied at St John's College, Oxford, and the University of Southern California film school.
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