Boaz Yakin

Boaz Yakin ( born June 20, 1966 in New York City ) is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer Israeli origin.

Career

Boaz Yakin began his career as a screenwriter in 1989 with the screenplay for The Punisher. A year later, he wrote the screenplay for Rookie - The beginner. In 1994 he made his debut as a director with the film drama Fresh. Again, he was involved as an author. At the Sundance Film Festival he won a prize for this work.

In 2000, he turned the Titans followed by Uptown Girls - A bitch of Hazzard in 2003 as a screenwriter, he wrote to From Dusk Till Dawn 2 - Texas Blood Money (1999) and Dirty Dancing 2:. Havana Nights (2004) with.

As a film producer, he participated in 2001 Maniacs, he served as executive producer on Hostel 2.

2010 appeared the computer game adaptation Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, where he is also involved as a screenwriter. In 2012 he released his new movie Safe - Grindhouse (safe) with Jason Statham in the lead role, in which he wrote the screenplay and directed.

Yakin is married to Israeli music video director Alma Har'el.

Filmography (selection)