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Graham Yost Biography (1959-)

Born September 5, 1959, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; immigrated to the UnitedStates; son of Elwy McMurran (a television personality and children's author) and Lila (a banker; maiden name, Melby) Yost; married; wife's name, Connie;children. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

Canadian

Gender

Male

Occupation

Writer, producer, director, actor

Birth Details

September 5, 1959

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Story Editor
• Series
• Full House, ABC, beginning c. 1987
• Herman's Head, Fox, beginning 1991
• (And director and executive script consultant) The Powers That Be,NBC, multiple episodes, 1992-1993
• Television Director
• "Whither Thou Goest," L.A. Doctors (episodic; also known as L.A. Docs), CBS, 1998
• (With others) From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries), HBO, 1998
• Television Work
• Other
• Supervising producer, From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries), HBO, 1998
• Executive producer, Young Arthur (pilot), NBC, 2002
• Creator and executive producer, Boomtown (series), NBC, 2002-
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Engineer Dave, From the Earth to the Moon, HBO, 1998
• Film Foley Artist
• Mergers & Acquisitions, 1989
• WRITINGS
• Teleplays
• Series
• Hey Dude!, Nickelodeon, 1989-1991
• Miniseries
• (With others) From the Earth to the Moon, HBO, 1998
• (With others) Band of Brothers, HBO, 2001
• Episodic
• Herman's Head, Fox, episodes beginning 1991
• "Bill Gets Shot," The Powers That Be, NBC, 1992
• "Kiss Me Caitlyn," The Powers That Be, NBC, 1992
• "Sophie's Big Decision," The Powers That Be, NBC, 1992
• "Grandma's Big Decision," The Powers That Be, NBC, 1993
• "Having a Ball," The Powers That Be, NBC, 1993
• "Possession," Boomtown, NBC, 2002
• (And story with Mykelti Williamson) "Fearless," Boomtown, NBC, 2003
• Pilots
• Boomtown, NBC, 2002
• Young Arthur, NBC, 2002
• Screenplays
• (Story with Montieth M. Illingworth) Death Sentence, 1986, later produced as the film The Chair (also known as Hot Seat), Angelika Films, 1989
• Blown Away, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1994
• Speed, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
• Broken Arrow, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
• Firestorm, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• Hard Rain (also known as Flood), Paramount, 1998
• Mission to Mars (also known as M2M), Buena Vista, 2000
• The Last Castle, DreamWorks, 2001
• Nonfiction
• (Editor of revision) Space, Facts on File, 1985
• Spy-Tech: A Look at the Fascinating Tools of the Espionage Trade,Facts on File, 1985
• Vitamins and Minerals, Springhouse, 1985
• Back Problems, Springhouse, 1986
• (Editor of revision) Scientists and Inventors, Facts on File, 1986
• (With Joel Feiner) Taming Monsters, Slaying Dragons: The RevolutionaryFamily Approach to Overcoming Childhood Fears and Anxiety, Arbor House,1988
• The CIA, Facts on File, 1989
• The KGB: The Russian Secret Police from the Days of the Czars to the Present, Facts on File, 1989
• Spies in the Sky, Facts on File, 1989
• Contributor to periodicals, including Film Comment.

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

• The film Speed 2: Cruise Control, released by Twentieth Century-Fox in 1997, features the characters Yost created for the film Speed.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Alternative Cinema, Issue 4, 1995, pp. 26-31
• San Jose Mercury News, November 3, 2002