Boaz Yakin

Boaz Yakin (; born June 20, 1965) is an American filmmaker 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.

Early life Yakin was born in New York City. Both his parents are Israeli-born, and met in Paris while studying miming with Marcel Marceau. His father's family are of Syrian Jewish and Egyptian Jewish descent, and his mother's family is of Ashkenazi Polish Jewish descent.

He attended the Bronx High School of Science, where he was classmates in 1983 with actor Jon Cryer.

He was a member of the US Dramatic Jury at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

In 2010, it was announced that Yakin would direct Sympathy for the Devil, with Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Duhamel in the cast. The project was still in development as of 2014.

Yakin's family film Max was released by Warner Bros. and MGM on June 26, 2015.

His 2020 film Aviva was set to premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, but was released publicly because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personal life Yakin was married to Israeli music video director Alma Har'el. The couple divorced in 2012.

Filmography Year Title Director Writer Producer 1989 The Punisher 1990 The Rookie 1994 Fresh 1998 A Price Above Rubies 1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money 2000 Remember the Titans 2003 Uptown Girls 2004 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 2008 Death in Love 2010 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 2012 Safe 2013 Now You See Me 2015 Max 2018 Boarding School 2020 Aviva 2021 The Harder They Fall

Producer only 2001 Maniacs (2001) Bombay Beach (2011) (Documentary)

Executive producer only Hostel (2005) Hostel: Part II (2007)

Books Marathon, a graphic novel illustrated by Joe Infurnari, First Second, 2012 Jerusalem, a graphic novel illustrated by Nick Bertozzi, First Second, 2013