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name: "Craig Yahata"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/craig-yahata"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
updated: "2026-09-17T02:31:51.280961+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Craig Yahata

Director. Born in San Diego, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2002–2014

## Biography

Craig Yahata is an American television producer and occasional director. He began working in post-production and as an associate producer on series including *Diagnosis Murder* in the mid-1990s, later contributing to *The Shield*.

Yahata served in various producer roles on *Sons of Anarchy* (2008–2014), including associate producer and co-producer, before directing one episode in the final season. He has since produced episodes of *Fargo* (2014), *Legion* (2017), *Mayans M.C.* (2018) and *DAVE* (2020).

Born in San Diego, California, he has also held co-producer credits on *Genius* (2017) and associate producer roles on *Burn Notice* (2007) and *American Crime* (2015).

*Sources: imdb.com, sonsofanarchy.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Fargo* (2014), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)
- *Sons of Anarchy* (2008), Fi1m 67, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md)
- *The Shield* (2002), Fi1m 84, Co-Producer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)

## Also known for

- *Legion* (2017), Producer
- *Mayans M.C.* (2018), Producer
- *Burn Notice* (2007), Associate Producer
- *Genius* (2017), Co-Producer
- *The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again* (2016), Co-Producer
- *DAVE* (2020), Co-Producer
- *American Crime* (2015), Associate Producer
- *The Bastard Executioner* (2015), Co-Producer

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