Graham Yost
Biography
Graham Yost is a Canadian screenwriter born on September 5, 1959, in Etobicoke, Greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is known for his work in film and television. Yost has written for numerous projects, with 29 known credits. His notable works include the films Speed, Broken Arrow, and Hard Rain, as well as the television series Justified, Boomtown, Herman's Head, Band of Brothers, and Raines. He also collaborated on the HBO miniseries The Pacific. As a creator and executive producer, Yost has been involved in various projects, showcasing his versatility as a screenwriter.
Career overview
Graham Yost is a Canadian film and television screenwriter. His notable works include films such as Speed, Broken Arrow, and Hard Rain. He has also created and written for several television series, including Boomtown and Justified. In 2002, Yost created the short-lived drama series Boomtown, which received critical acclaim. He has also written for other television series, including Herman's Head and Band of Brothers.
Yost has collaborated with other writers and directors on various projects. He teamed up with Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and other writers to work on the HBO miniseries The Pacific. Additionally, he created the short-lived NBC drama Raines. As a writer, Yost has demonstrated his versatility in working on a range of projects, from films to television series.
Yost's work has been recognized through his involvement in numerous projects. He is the creator and executive producer of the series Justified, which premiered on television. With a career spanning multiple film and television projects, Yost has established himself as a skilled and accomplished screenwriter.
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Full filmography
- Masters of the Air (2024) Co-Executive Producer
- Silo (2023) Writer
- Silo (2023) Executive Producer
- Silo (2023) Creator
- Justified: City Primeval (2023) Executive Producer
- Slow Horses (2022) Executive Producer
- Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write" (2021) as Self
- The Grizzlies (2019) Writer
- The Grizzlies (2019) Story
- The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story (2018) as Self
- Sneaky Pete (2015) Writer
- Sneaky Pete (2015) Executive Producer
- Sneaky Pete (2015) Story
- The Americans (2013) Executive Producer
- Falling Skies (2011) Writer
- Falling Skies (2011) Executive Producer
- Justified (2010) Writer
- Justified (2010) Executive Producer
- Justified (2010) Creator
- The Pacific (2010) Director
- The Pacific (2010) Writer
- The Pacific (2010) Co-Executive Producer
- John Adams (2008) Consulting Producer
- Raines (2007) Producer
- Raines (2007) Writer
- Raines (2007) Creator
- Summerland (2004) Writer
- Boomtown (2002) Writer
- Boomtown (2002) Producer
- Boomtown (2002) Executive Producer
- Boomtown (2002) Creator
- Young Arthur (2002) Writer
- Band of Brothers (2001) Writer
- The Last Castle (2001) Screenplay
- Mission to Mars (2000) Screenplay
- From the Earth to the Moon (1998) Writer
- From the Earth to the Moon (1998) Director
- From the Earth to the Moon (1998) Supervising Producer
- L.A. Doctors (1998) Director
- Hard Rain (1998) Screenplay
- Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) Characters
- Broken Arrow (1996) Screenplay
- Speed (1994) Writer
- The Powers That Be (1992) Writer
- Herman's Head (1991) Writer
- Legacy of Spies Executive Producer