Lem Dobbs was born on December 24, 1958 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Dark City (1998), The Limey (1999) and Kafka (1991). He has been married to Dana Kraft since 1991.
Dobbs's un-produced script, The Marvel of the Haunted Castle, got Dobbs a job rewriting 'Romancing the Stone (1984)'.
Lem Dobbs's actual name, Anton Lemuel Kitaj, is given to three characters in the classic horror film The Abominable Dr. Phibes (written by two high school classmates of his dad's): Anton Phibes, Lem Vesalius, and Dr. Kitaj.
After appearing (as Lem Kitaj) in "The Boy Who Turned Yellow," he worked on another Children's Film Foundation production, "Sea Children," dubbing the voice of the character "Zoldar," King of the Sea Children.
The age of the superstar director is over. I think that's bad for us;
it's one reason movies aren't good any more. Directors aren't as
powerful or as famous.
Sometimes everything is rewritten except that which ought to be.