About
Graham Yost
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2021 | Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write" | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
Writing |
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| 2019 | The Grizzlies | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
| 2019 | The Grizzlies | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Young Arthur | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | The Last Castle | Writing | Screenplay | 68 Fair |
| 2000 | Mission to Mars | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Hard Rain | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | Writing | Characters | 48 Bad |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow | Writing | Screenplay | 60 Fair |
| 1994 | Speed | Writing | Writer | 70 Good |
Production |
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| 2024 | Masters of the Air | Production | Co-Executive Producer | 76 Good |
| 2023 | Justified: City Primeval | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2023 | Silo | Production | Executive Producer | 81 Very good |
| 2022 | Slow Horses | Production | Executive Producer | 78 Good |
| 2013 | The Americans | Production | Executive Producer | 77 Good |
| 2010 | Justified | Production | Executive Producer | 78 Good |
| 2010 | The Pacific | Production | Producer | 77 Good |
| 2008 | John Adams | Production | Consulting Producer | 75 Good |
| 2007 | Raines | Production | Producer | 70 Good |
| 2002 | Boomtown | Production | Executive Producer | 68 Fair |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Production | Supervising Producer | 77 Good |
| 60 Minute Man | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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