Biography
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.
Filmography
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TV Shows 18
Writer 14
Movies 11
Producer 9
self 2
Screenplay 2
Director 1
Masters of the Air (2024)
Justified: City Primeval (2023)
Silo (2023)
Slow Horses (2022)
Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write" (2021)
The Grizzlies (2019)
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story (2018)
Sneaky Pete (2015)
The Americans (2013)
Falling Skies (2011)
Justified (2010)
The Pacific (2010)
John Adams (2008)
Raines (2007)
Summerland (2004)
Boomtown (2002)
The Last Castle (2001)
Band of Brothers (2001)
Mission to Mars (2000)
L.A. Doctors (1998)
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Hard Rain (1998)
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
Broken Arrow (1996)
Speed (1994)
The Powers That Be (1992)
Herman's Head (1991)
The Chair (1988)
Major Matt Mason
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1959-09-05 (64 years old)
Birth PlaceEtobicoke, Canada
FatherElwy Yost
CitizenshipsCanada
Also Known AsGraham John Yost
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