Graham Yost
Writer, Producer, Director, Actor
5 September 1959 (66 years)
Graham John Yost (born September 5, 1959) is a Canadian film and television screenwriter. His best-known works are the films Speed, Broken Arrow, and Hard Rain and the TV series Justified. In 2002, he created the widely acclaimed, yet short-lived drama series Boomtown.
He has also written for the television series Herman's Head and Band of Brothers. He also created the short-lived NBC drama Raines. Yost teamed up with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, along with two of his fellow Boomtown writers Michelle Ashford and Larry Andries, to write and direct episodes of the HBO miniseries The Pacific. As of 2010, Yost is the creator and executive producer of the series Justified, which premiered on FX in March 2010.
Born in Etobicoke, he is the son of Canadian television personality Elwy Yost, the longtime host of the public broadcaster TVOntario's Saturday Night at the Movies. He lives in California with his family.
He has also written for the television series Herman's Head and Band of Brothers. He also created the short-lived NBC drama Raines. Yost teamed up with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, along with two of his fellow Boomtown writers Michelle Ashford and Larry Andries, to write and direct episodes of the HBO miniseries The Pacific. As of 2010, Yost is the creator and executive producer of the series Justified, which premiered on FX in March 2010.
Born in Etobicoke, he is the son of Canadian television personality Elwy Yost, the longtime host of the public broadcaster TVOntario's Saturday Night at the Movies. He lives in California with his family.
Known For
Filmography
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| 2011 | |
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| 2001 | The Last Castle · as Screenplay |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Mission to Mars · as Screenplay |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Hard Rain · as Screenplay |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow · as Screenplay |
| 1994 | |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 |
| 2023 | Justified: City Primeval · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Silo · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Slow Horses · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | The Commons · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Sneaky Pete · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Wild Blue · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | The Americans (2013) · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Justified · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | |
| 2008 | John Adams · as Consulting Producer |
| 2007 | |
| 2002 |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon · as Engineer Dave |
| 2021 | |
| 2019 | In Search of the Last Action Heroes · as Self |
| 2018 | The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2018 | The 2000s · as Self - Television Writer And ProducerOn Plex |
| 2017 | The Nineties · as Self - Executive Producer, 'justified'On Plex |
| 2016 | The Eighties · as Self - Executive Producer And Creator, 'justified'On Plex |
| 2013 | 2013 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2011 | On Story · as Self |
| 2024 | Masters of the Air · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 2018 | The Grizzlies · as Story |
| 2015 | Sneaky Pete · as Story |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon · as Supervising Producer |
| 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control · as Characters |
| 1989 | Hey Dude · as Story Editor |
| 1988 | The Chair · as Story Suggested By |