About

Known credits:
23
Birthday:
1959-09-05
Place of birth:
Etobicoke, Greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Website:
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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
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
2019 The Grizzlies Writing Writer 60
Fair
2019 The Grizzlies Writing Story 60
Fair
2002 Young Arthur Writing Writer N/A
N/A
2001 The Last Castle Writing Screenplay 67
Fair
2000 Mission to Mars Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1998 Hard Rain Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1997 Speed 2: Cruise Control Writing Characters 49
Bad
1996 Broken Arrow Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1994 Speed Writing Writer 70
Good

Production
2024 Masters of the Air Production Co-Executive Producer 77
Good
2023 Justified: City Primeval Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
2023 Silo Production Executive Producer 81
Very good
2022 Slow Horses Production Executive Producer 77
Good
2013 The Americans Production Executive Producer 78
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
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