'Peeping Tom'

Peeping Tom, the film about a serial killer who uses a film camera to not only capture his murders, but to also commit the murders, was written by Leo Marks.

Of course, written a handful of films and providing the voice of "the Devil" in The Last Temptation of Christ, was the least of Marks' many contributions as a human being.

Since being a child, Marks was interested in cryptography, or codes and puzzles. During World War II, he was used as a codebreaker and maker. His memoirs seem fascinating telling these true stories of avoiding capture by the Nazis and the harrowing circumstances surrounding radiomen during the war.

Marks died in 2001. Writing Peeping Tom is probably the least of his bullet points. In fact, his life as a film is probably 100 percent more interesting than any of his films.