After writing his first feature scripts while still a student at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, Boardman began working with fellow screenwriter
Scott Derrickson, working as a script doctor on
Dracula 2000 and co-writing
Urban Legends: Final Cut, and he also co-wrote and directed the second unit for Derrickson's directorial debut
Hellraiser: Inferno, a
direct-to-video sequel to the
long-running horror franchise. In the early 2000s, Boardman and Derrickson co-wrote an adaptation of the epic sci-fi
Hyperion novels by Dan Simmons that had Leonardo DiCaprio attached to star and Martin Scorsese attached as director. Boardman was the co-writer and producer of
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), Derrickson's critically praised second film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. He has also worked on production rewrites of
The Messengers,
Scream 4, and
Poltergeist. Boardman produced the 2008 remake of
The Day the Earth Stood Still for Fox. He wrote and produced ''
Devil's Knot, about the West Memphis Three, based on the book by Mara Leveritt, starring Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth and directed by Atom Egoyan. It had its world premiere at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival, and was released in 2014. In addition, Boardman wrote The Substitute for producer Sam Raimi, Mandate, and Columbia Pictures, and he wrote a suspense thriller, The Living'', for Lakeshore Entertainment, which he was also attached to produce. Boardman was co-writer and executive producer on
Thunderstruck, a sci-fi drama pilot for AMC, and he co-wrote and was attached to executive produce a drama pilot for MTV. Boardman also adapted Stephen King's
The Tommyknockers for The Konigsberg/Sanitsky Company and NBC. In October 2011, it was announced that Boardman would co-write the horror-thriller
Two Eyes Staring for Summit Entertainment, starring Charlize Theron, who was also attached to produce. In September 2012, it was announced that Boardman would adapt the James Patterson bestseller
Guilty Wives for Maven Pictures, and also executive produce the film. Boardman co-wrote and executive produced the supernatural thriller
Deliver Us from Evil for Screen Gems and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. It began filming in June 2013 and was released on July 2, 2014. In October 2020, it was announced that Netflix had greenlit the supernatural horror series
Archive 81, which Boardman wrote and developed based on the popular podcast created by Marc Sollinger and Daniel Powell, and Boardman will executive produce. Boardman's other screenplays in development include
The Birds for Universal Pictures, Mandalay Pictures, and Platinum Dunes, and
Tom Slick, Mystery Hunter for Bluestone Entertainment and Teakwood Lane Productions. ==Filmography==