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Graham Yost (b. 1959)

Alias:
Graham John Yost

Birthplace:
Etobicoke, Greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Born:
September 5, 1959

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Characters:
1997  Speed 2: Cruise Control

Screenplay:
1996  Broken Arrow
1997  Speed 2: Cruise Control
1998  Hard Rain
2000  Mission to Mars
2001  The Last Castle

Story:
1996  Broken Arrow
1997  Speed 2: Cruise Control
1998  Hard Rain
2000  Mission to Mars
2001  The Last Castle
2019  The Grizzlies

Writer:
1994  Speed
1996  Broken Arrow
1997  Speed 2: Cruise Control
1998  Hard Rain
2000  Mission to Mars
2001  The Last Castle
2019  The Grizzlies

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TV Production

Co-Executive Producer:
2024  Masters of the Air

Consulting Producer:
2008  John Adams
2024  Masters of the Air

Creator:
2002  Boomtown
2007  Raines
2008  John Adams
2010  Justified
2023  Silo
2024  Masters of the Air

Director:
1998  From the Earth to the Moon
1998  L.A. Doctors
2002  Boomtown
2007  Raines
2008  John Adams
2010  Justified
2010  The Pacific
2023  Silo
2024  Masters of the Air

Executive Producer:
1998  From the Earth to the Moon
1998  L.A. Doctors
2002  Boomtown
2007  Raines
2008  John Adams
2010  Justified
2010  The Pacific
2013  The Americans
2015  Sneaky Pete
2022  Slow Horses
2023  Justified: City Primeval
2023  Silo
2024  Masters of the Air

Producer:
1998  From the Earth to the Moon
1998  L.A. Doctors
2002  Boomtown
2007  Raines
2008  John Adams
2010  Justified
2010  The Pacific
2011  Falling Skies
2013  The Americans
2015  Sneaky Pete
2022  Slow Horses
2023  Justified: City Primeval
2023  Silo
2024  Masters of the Air

Story:
1998  From the Earth to the Moon
1998  L.A. Doctors
2002  Boomtown
2007  Raines
2008  John Adams
2010  Justified
2010  The Pacific
2011  Falling Skies
2013  The Americans
2015  Sneaky Pete
2022  Slow Horses
2023  Justified: City Primeval
2023  Silo
2024  Masters of the Air

Supervising Producer:
1998  From the Earth to the Moon
1998  L.A. Doctors
2002  Boomtown
2007  Raines
2008  John Adams
2010  Justified
2010  The Pacific
2011  Falling Skies
2013  The Americans
2015  Sneaky Pete
2022  Slow Horses
2023  Justified: City Primeval
2023  Silo
2024  Masters of the Air

Writer:
1991  Herman's Head
1992  The Powers That Be
1998  From the Earth to the Moon
1998  L.A. Doctors
2001  Band of Brothers
2002  Boomtown
2004  Summerland
2007  Raines
2008  John Adams
2010  Justified
2010  The Pacific
2011  Falling Skies
2013  The Americans
2015  Sneaky Pete
2022  Slow Horses
2023  Justified: City Primeval
2023  Silo
2024  Masters of the Air

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