---
name: "Daniel Yost"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-yost"
fi1m_id: "daniel-yost"
imdb_id: "nm0949127"
tmdb_id: 6470
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:55:02.405565+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."
---

# Daniel Yost

## Identity

Daniel Yost

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-yost
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-yost
- **IMDb ID:** nm0949127
- **TMDB ID:** 6470
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949127/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6470

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949127/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6470

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Drugstore Cowboy*](https://film.one/film/drugstore-cowboy.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Daniel Yost is a writer, director and producer. He received a screenplay credit, shared with Gus Van Sant, on the 1989 film *Drugstore Cowboy*, which was based on an unpublished novel by James Fogle.

Yost began his career as a sports writer in Portland, Oregon, before moving into freelance journalism and then screenwriting. He worked closely with Fogle, editing and advocating for his manuscripts, and helped secure publication of the *Drugstore Cowboy* novel after the film’s release. The screenplay received awards including Best Screenplay from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and an Independent Spirit Award.

Yost has written, directed and produced several later independent features, including *Shooting Nick* (2004), *Hank, Aaron and the Alien from Outer Space* (2009) and *A Star for Rose* (2013). He also wrote the sequel novel *Drugstore Cowboy: Backside of a Mirror*, published in 2014.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, incorgnitobooks.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Drugstore Cowboy* (1989), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/drugstore-cowboy.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Star for Rose* (2013), Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
- *Drugstore Cowboy* (1989), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/drugstore-cowboy.md)
- *Criminal Act* (1989), Writer, Producer

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