Graham Yost

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Graham Yost
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Yost with his Peabody Award in 2011
Born (1959-09-05) September 5, 1959 (age 64)
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s) Screenwriter, television producer, television director, actor.
Years active1989–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 and Silo .

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Early life, family and education

Yost was born in Etobicoke in the Toronto metropolitan area. [1] He is the son of Canadian television personality Elwy Yost, [2] the longtime host of the public broadcaster 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 Herman's Head and the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers . In 2002, he created the television drama series Boomtown . He created the short-lived NBC drama Raines (2007). Yost teamed 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 . He was 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 . 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]

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Graham Yost at the Peabody Awards 2019

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]

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"Slaughterhouse" is the thirteenth episode and season finale of the third season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 39th overall episode of the series and was written by executive producer Fred Golan from a story by series developer Graham Yost and directed by Dean Parisot. It originally aired on FX on April 10, 2012.

"The Gunfighter" is the first episode of the third season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 27th overall episode of the series and was written by series developer Graham Yost and executive producer Fred Golan and directed by executive producer Michael Dinner. It originally aired on FX on January 17, 2012.

"Thick as Mud" is the fifth episode of the third season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 31st overall episode of the series and was written by story editor Jon Worley and co-producer Benjamin Cavell from a story by Worley and executive producer Elmore Leonard and directed by Adam Arkin. It originally aired on FX on February 14, 2012.

"When the Guns Come Out" is the sixth episode of the third season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 32nd overall episode of the series and was written by executive story editor Nichelle Tramble Spellman and co-executive producer Dave Andron from a story by Spellman and directed by producer Don Kurt. It originally aired on FX on February 21, 2012.

"The Man Behind the Curtain" is the seventh episode of the third season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 33rd overall episode of the series and was written by story editor Ryan Farley and directed by Peter Werner. It originally aired on FX on February 28, 2012.

"Watching the Detectives" is the eighth episode of the third season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 34th overall episode of the series and was written by series developer Graham Yost and directed by Peter Werner. It originally aired on FX on March 6, 2012.

"Hole in the Wall" is the first episode of the fourth season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 40th overall episode of the series and was written by series developer Graham Yost and directed by executive producer Michael Dinner. It originally aired on FX on January 8, 2013.

"Truth and Consequences" is the third episode of the fourth season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 42nd overall episode of the series and was written by producer Benjamin Cavell and directed by Jon Avnet. It originally aired on FX on January 22, 2013.

"Money Trap" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 46th overall episode of the series and was written by producer Chris Provenzano from a story by Provenzano and executive producer Elmore Leonard and directed by co-executive producer Don Kurt. It originally aired on FX on February 19, 2013.

"Ghosts" is the thirteenth episode and season finale of the fourth season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 52nd overall episode of the series and was written by executive producer Fred Golan and producer Benjamin Cavell and directed by Bill Johnson. It originally aired on FX on April 2, 2013.

"A Murder of Crowes" is the first episode of the fifth season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 53rd overall episode of the series and was written by series developer Graham Yost and executive producer Fred Golan and directed by executive producer Michael Dinner. It originally aired on FX on January 7, 2014.

"Kill the Messenger" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 58th overall episode of the series and was written by co-producer Ingrid Escajeda and directed by executive producer Don Kurt. It originally aired on FX on February 11, 2014.

"Burned" is the ninth episode of the sixth season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 74th overall episode of the series and was written by executive producer Dave Andron, co-producer Leonard Chang and Jenny DeArmitt and directed by executive producer Don Kurt. It originally aired on FX on March 17, 2015.

"Fugitive Number One" is the eleventh episode of the sixth season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 76th overall episode of the series and was written by executive producer Taylor Elmore and Keith Schreier and directed by Jon Avnet. It originally aired on FX on March 31, 2015.

"The Promise" is the series finale of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 13th episode of the sixth season and is the 78th overall episode of the series. The episode was written by series developer Graham Yost and executive producers Fred Golan, Dave Andron and Benjamin Cavell and directed by Adam Arkin. It originally aired on FX on April 14, 2015.

"Part Four" is the fourth episode of the American war drama miniseries The Pacific. The episode was written by co-producer Robert Schenkkan and co-executive producer Graham Yost, and directed by Yost. It originally aired on HBO on April 4, 2010.

References

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