
Lem Dobbs
Known for writing · Born 24 December 1959 · 66 · Oxford, England, UK
15 credits
Lem Dobbs is a British-American screenwriter, best known for the films Dark City and The Limey. He was born in Oxford, England, and is the son of the painter R. B. Kitaj. The pen name "Dobbs" was taken from the character played by Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Known for

Dark City
1998

The Score
2001

Haywire
2011

The Company You Keep
2012

Lee
2024

Gotti
2018

The Limey
1999

The Hard Way
1991

Fear Itself
2008

Kafka
1991

Hider in the House
1989

Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
2008
Acting (4)
2008Dark City: Memories of Shell BeachSelfFilm
2008Dark City: The Architecture of DreamsSelfFilm
2007Becoming John FordSelfFilm
1972The Boy Who Turned YellowMunroFilm
Production (1)
1991The Hard WayProducer, Story, ScreenplayFilm
Writing (10)
2024LeeStoryFilm
2018GottiScreenplay, Co-ProducerFilm
2012The Company You KeepScreenplayFilm
2011HaywireWriterFilm
2008Fear ItselfStory, TeleplaySeries
2001The ScoreScreenplayFilm
1999The LimeyWriterFilm
1998Dark CityScreenplayFilm
1991KafkaWriterFilm
1989Hider in the HouseWriter, Co-ProducerFilm