Robert Mark Kamen
This goo was worth a point in November 2024.
publication date: Thursday, November 28, 2024 (part of November 2024)
category: 
Movies
clue: He has written some of Hollywood's most successful action movies of the last forty years, ever since his career took off when he adapted his own true story about learning martial arts to defend himself from bullies.
explanation: Kamen adapted his own childhood into The Karate Kid. Since then, he has written or co-written Taken and its sequels, The Transporter and its sequels, Lethal Weapon 3, The Fifth Element, and numerous other hits. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Aaron Shurtleff
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