Graham Yost
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Graham Yost | |
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Peabody Award | |
| Born | September 5, 1959 |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, television producer, television director, actor. |
| Years active | 1989–present |
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.
Early life, family and education
Yost was born in
TVOntario's Saturday Night at the Movies
.
He graduated from the University of Toronto Schools and Trinity College at the University of Toronto.
Career
Yost wrote for the TV sitcom Amazon Studios series Sneaky Pete. In May 2014, it was reported that Yost would develop a project for WGN America. Based on the Alex Kershaw book Avenue of Spies, it would be set in Nazi-occupied Paris at the start of World War II.[3]
Awards and nominations
Yost won
Emmy Awards for his involvement in the miniseries 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 the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, for which he was one of the writers.[5]
Credits
- Hey Dude (1989–1991) (story editor; wrote 13 episodes)
- Herman's Head (1991) (wrote "The Last Boy Scout")
- The Powers That Be (1992–1993) (4 episodes)
- Speed (1994) (writer)
- Broken Arrow (1996) (written by)
- Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) (characters)
- Firestorm (1998) (rewrite)[6][7]
- Hard Rain (1998) (written by)
- From the Earth to the Moon (1998) (supervising producer; wrote 2 episodes and directed "Spider")
- Challenger (2000) (writer)
- Mission to Mars (2000) (screenplay)
- Planet of the Apes (2001) (uncredited co-writing)[6]
- Band of Brothers (2001) (wrote 2 episodes)
- The Last Castle (2001) (screenplay)
- Young Arthur (2002) (writer)
- Boomtown (2002–2003) (series creator and executive producer; wrote 6 episodes)
- Summerland (2004) (wrote "Skipping School")
- Sixty Minute Man (2006) (writer)
- Raines (2007) (series creator and executive producer; wrote "Pilot")
- The Pacific (2010) (co-executive producer; directed and co-wrote "Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika" with Robert Schenkkan)
- Justified (2010–2015) (series creator and executive producer; wrote 12 episodes)
- Falling Skies (2011) (executive producer; wrote "The Armory")
- The Americans (2013–2018) (executive producer)
- Sneaky Pete (2015–2018) (executive producer; wrote 7 episodes)
- The Grizzlies (2018) (writer)
- Slow Horses (2022–present) (executive producer)
- Silo (2023–present) (series creator and executive producer)
- Justified: City Primeval (2023) (executive producer)
- Masters of the Air (2024) (co-executive producer)
References
- ^ "Graham Yost". IMDb.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Elwy Yost loved movies and hundreds of thousands loved watching him talk about them — that passion is revisited in TVO doc". Toronto Star. November 29, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ^ Rose, Lacey (May 27, 2014). "'Justified's' Graham Yost Developing War Drama at WGN America". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
- ^ "The Pacific". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Band of Brothers". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ a b "Writers Bio".
- ^ Tim Appelo (October 3, 2012). "Showrunners 2012: 'Justified's' Graham Yost". The Hollywood Reporter.
External links
- Graham Yost at IMDb
- Graham Yost at filmreference.com
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