Biography
Boaz Yakin is an American screenwriter, film director and producer based in New York City. He directed the sports drama Remember the Titans (2000) and wrote screenplays for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Now You See Me (2013) and The Harder They Fall (2021).
He studied filmmaking at the City College of New York and New York University. His early screenplays include The Punisher (1989) and The Rookie (1990). He made his directorial debut with Fresh (1994), which won the Filmmakers Trophy at Sundance, and followed it with A Price Above Rubies (1998).
Yakin has also directed Uptown Girls (2003), Safe (2012) and Max (2015). He served as executive producer on the first two films in the Hostel franchise.
