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Boaz Yakin

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Boaz Yakin

Born Jun 20, 1966 · 60 years27 titles 26 movies · 1 TV
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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.

Born

Jun 20, 1966

New York City, New York, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

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Acting credits

10

Directing

18

Writing

11

Other crew

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1989 1 title(s)

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Undated 1 title(s)