Graham Yost

Graham Yost studied at Trinity College and University of Toronto Schools. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is film and television. Places of work recorded in the authority are Canada. Distinctions recorded are Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Miniseries.

• Name — Graham Yost • Born — 5 September 1959 • Birthplace — Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada • Occupation — Screenwriter, television producer, television director, actor. • Years Active — 1989–present • Education — Trinity College, Toronto

Yost was born in Etobicoke in the Toronto metropolitan area. 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 graduated from the University of Toronto Schools and Trinity College at the University of Toronto.

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 which premiered in 2010. He was an executive producer on the FX show The Americans which ran from 2013 to 2018. In 2014, Yost was attached to an adaptation of the Alex Kershaw book Avenue of Spies for WGN America. In 2016, he took over as head writer and executive producer of the Amazon Studios series Sneaky Pete. • Illustration — Graham Yost at the Peabody Awards 2019 In May 2021, Apple TV+ announced that Yost would serve as showrunner and executive producer for the science fiction series Silo based on the dystopian book series of the same name by Hugh Howey. On July 31, 2026, Variety reported that Yost and Aric Avelino were developing the "Harlem Trilogy," based on three novels by Colson Whitehead, for Apple TV.

Graham Yost is married to Connie F. Yost.

Film writer • Speed (1994) • Broken Arrow (1996) • Firestorm (1998) (rewrite) • Hard Rain (1998) • Mission to Mars (2000) • Planet of the Apes (2001) (uncredited) • The Last Castle (2001) • The Grizzlies (2018) TV series • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Creator — Producer — Notes • 1989–1991 — Hey Dude — 13 episodes • 1991 — Herman's Head — Episode "The Last Boy Scout" • 1992–1993 — The Powers That Be — 4 episodes • 1998 — From the Earth to the Moon — Supervising — Wrote 2 episodes; Directed episode "Spider" • L.A. Doctors — Episode "Whither Thou Goest" • 2001 — Band of Brothers — 2 episodes • 2002–2003 — Boomtown — Executive — Wrote 6 episodes • 2004 — Summerland — Episode "Skipping School" • 2007 — Raines — Executive — Wrote episode "Pilot" • 2010 — The Pacific — Executive — Wrote and directed episode "Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika" • 2010–2015 — Justified — Executive — Wrote 12 episodes • 2011 — Falling Skies — Executive — Wrote episode "The Armory" • 2013–2018 — The Americans — Executive • 2015–2018 — Sneaky Pete — Executive — Wrote 7 episodes • 2022–present — Slow Horses — Executive • 2023–present — Silo — Executive — Wrote 3 episodes • 2023 — Justified: City Primeval — Executive • 2024 — Masters of the Air — Co-Executive TV movies • Year — Title — Writer — Executive Producer • 2002 — Young Arthur • 2006 — Sixty Minute Man • 2014 — Wild Blue

Graham Yost is recorded as having received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Miniseries. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Graham John Yost. His recorded language was English. He was the child of Elwy Yost.