Graham Yost

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 television drama series Boomtown.

Graham Yost
Yost with his Peabody Award
Born (1959-09-05) September 5, 1959
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
OccupationScreenwriter, television producer, television director, actor.
Years active1989–present

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. Yost is the creator and executive producer of the FX series Justified, and an executive producer on the FX show The Americans. In 2016, he took over as head writer and executive producer of the Amazon Studios series Sneaky Pete.

Born in Etobicoke,[1] he graduated from the University of Toronto Schools and Trinity College at the University of Toronto. He is the son of Canadian television personality Elwy Yost, the longtime host of the public broadcaster TVOntario's Saturday Night at the Movies.

Credits

Awards and nominations

Yost won Emmy awards for his involvement in the mini-series From the Earth to the Moon and The Pacific, which was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award.[4] He also won a Golden Globe for his work on HBO miniseries, Band of Brothers, for which he was one of the writers.[5]

Future projects

In May 2014 it was reported that Yost is developing a project for WGN America. Based on an upcoming Alex Kershaw novel, Avenue of Spies, it is set in Nazi-occupied Paris at the start of World War II.[6]

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References
  1. "Graham Yost". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  2. "Writers Bio".
  3. Tim Appelo (3 October 2012). "Showrunners 2012: 'Justified's' Graham Yost". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. "The Pacific". www.goldenglobes.com. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  5. "Band of Brothers". www.goldenglobes.com. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  6. Rose, Lacey (27 May 2014). "'Justified's' Graham Yost Developing War Drama at WGN America". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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