Graham Yost
Writing
Born: September 5, 1959 (age 67) · Etobicoke, Greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
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.
Known for
Speed
1994
Band of Brothers
2001
The Pacific
2010
Silo
2023
Speed 2: Cruise Control
1997
Broken Arrow
1996
Mission to Mars
2000
The Last Castle
2001
Falling Skies
2011
The Americans
2013
Slow Horses
2022
Justified
2010
Photos (4)
Self / Appearances (2)
Directing (3)
Writing (21)
Silo
Writer
Justified
Writer
Band of Brothers
Writer
Falling Skies
Writer
Sneaky Pete
Writer
Sneaky Pete
Story
From the Earth to the Moon
Writer
The Pacific
Writer
Herman's Head
Writer
Summerland
Writer
Speed
Writer
Boomtown
Writer
Broken Arrow
Screenplay
The Last Castle
Screenplay
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Characters
Hard Rain
Screenplay
Mission to Mars
Screenplay
Raines
Writer
The Powers That Be
Writer
The Grizzlies
Story
The Grizzlies
Writer
Producing (14)
Silo
Executive Producer
Slow Horses
Executive Producer
The Americans
Executive Producer
Justified
Executive Producer
Falling Skies
Executive Producer
Sneaky Pete
Executive Producer
From the Earth to the Moon
Supervising Producer
The Pacific
Co-Executive Producer
Masters of the Air
Co-Executive Producer
Boomtown
Producer
Boomtown
Executive Producer
John Adams
Consulting Producer
Justified: City Primeval
Executive Producer
Raines
Producer