Graham Yost // Emmy Award-winning Writer, Showrunner, and Producer

Graham Yost launched to Hollywood prominence with his electrifying screenplay for “Speed” (1994), the Keanu Reeves blockbuster that revolutionized action cinema and grossed over $350 million worldwide. He followed this triumph by creating and showrunning the critically acclaimed series “Justified” (2010-2015), which earned eight Emmy nominations and redefined the modern crime drama through its masterful adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s work. Yost’s exceptional career spans both feature films (“Broken Arrow,” “Mission to Mars”) and prestige television, where he has repeatedly broken new ground.

His television work has garnered the industry’s highest honors, including Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for the groundbreaking HBO miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon,” and additional Emmy wins for the landmark WWII epics “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific.” His innovative police drama “Boomtown” earned both a prestigious Peabody Award and multiple Television Critics Association honors. Yost’s talent for crafting complex narratives continued with his work as Executive Producer on the Emmy-winning Cold War drama “The Americans” and as showrunner of “Sneaky Pete.”