Before becoming a successful screenwriter, he worked as a studio
executive for many years.
Excelled at writing witty dialogue.
Son of an aeronautical engineer.
Educated at Sacramento State College and UCLA.
There is a novel dedicated to Jeffrey Boam. It was written by Ratko
Radunovic, named `Mi nismo bolesni` (We Are Not Ill, literal English
translation) and published by Narodna Knjiga in Serbia, in 2003.