Known For
Writing
Born
Sep 05, 1959
Place of Birth
Etobicoke, Greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Credits
29 titles
Graham Yost
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.
Known For
Filmography
Masters of the Air
Co-Executive Producer
Justified: City Primeval
Executive Producer
Silo
Writer
Slow Horses
Executive Producer
Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write"
Self
The Grizzlies
Writer
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story
Self
Sneaky Pete
Writer
The Americans
Executive Producer
Falling Skies
Writer
Justified
Writer
The Pacific
Writer
John Adams
Consulting Producer
Raines
Writer
Summerland
Writer
Boomtown
Writer
Young Arthur
Writer
The Last Castle
Screenplay
Band of Brothers
Writer
Mission to Mars
Screenplay
L.A. Doctors
Director
From the Earth to the Moon
Writer
Hard Rain
Screenplay
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Characters
Broken Arrow
Screenplay
Speed
Writer
The Powers That Be
Writer
Herman's Head
Writer
Legacy of Spies
Executive Producer