Boaz Yakin

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-06-20 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

New York, New York, U.S.A.

Boaz Yakin

Biography

Boaz Yakin (Hebrew: בועז יכין‎, born June 20, 1966) is an Israeli-American screenwriter, film director, and producer based in New York City. He has written screenplays to films like The Rookie, Fresh, A Price Above Rubies, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and Now You See Me, and has directed the 2000 sports drama Remember the Titans and the 2012 Jason Statham action film Safe. As a producer he has collaborated frequently with filmmaker Eli Roth and served as executive producer for the first two entries in the Hostel franchise.

Production

2006

Hostel

as Executive Producer

2005

2001 Maniacs

as Producer

2008

Death in Love

as Writer

2008

Death in Love

as Director

2000

1990

The Rookie

as Screenplay

1994

Fresh

as Director

2003

Uptown Girls

as Director

1998

1998

2012

Safe

as Director

2012

Safe

as Writer

2011

Bombay Beach

as Producer

2013

Now You See Me

as Screenplay

2013

2013

Now You See Me

as Executive Producer

2015

Max

as Director

2015

Max

as Writer

2015

Max

as Executive Producer

1989

The Punisher

as Writer

1994

Fresh

as Writer

-

Broken Theater

as Executive Producer

2017

2007

Hostel: Part II

as Executive Producer

2018

Boarding School

as Director

2018

2016

Now You See Me 2

as Characters

2021

2022

Aviva

as Director

2003

Uptown Girls

as Executive Producer

2022

Aviva

as Producer

2022

Aviva

as Writer

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