Writer
Graham Yost
67 years · Etobicoke, Greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 8 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 8
Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write"
2021 · Self
The Grizzlies
2019 · Writer
On Kanopy
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story
2018 · Self
On Plex
The Last Castle
2001 · Screenplay
On Hoopla
Mission to Mars
2000 · Screenplay
On fuboTV
Hard Rain
1998 · Screenplay
On Hoopla
Broken Arrow
1996 · Screenplay
Speed
1994 · Writer
On Netflix