Graham Yost

Schrijver, Producer, Regisseur, Acteur

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.

Known For

  • Speed
    Speed1994
  • Band of Brothers
    Band of Brothers16 episodes
  • Broken Arrow
    Broken Arrow1996
  • Silo
    Silo2 seasons
  • Justified
    Justified6 seasons
  • The Pacific
    The Pacific13 episodes
  • The Last Castle
    The Last Castle2001
  • Speed 2: Cruise Control
    Speed 2: Cruise Control1997
  • Hard Rain
    Hard Rain1998
  • Slow Horses
    Slow Horses5 seasons
  • The Americans
    The Americans6 seasons
  • Mission to Mars
    Mission to Mars2000
  • Falling Skies
    Falling Skies5 seasons
  • Sneaky Pete
    Sneaky Pete3 seasons
  • From the Earth to the Moon
    From the Earth to the Moon14 episodes
  • Justified: City Primeval
    Justified: City Primeval8 episodes

Cinematografie

2023
2018
2011
2010
2010
2007
2004
2002
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