Lem Dobbs

Lem Dobbs
Born
Anton Lemuel Kitaj

(1958-12-24) 24 December 1958 (age 65)
Oxford, England
NationalityBritish, American
EducationAmerican School London, England
OccupationScreenwriter
SpouseDana Kraft
Parent(s)R. B. Kitaj (father), Elsi Roessler (mother)

Lem Dobbs (born Anton Lemuel Kitaj; 24 December 1958) is a British-American screenwriter, best known for the films Dark City (1998) and The Limey (1999). 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 (1948).