Person

Boaz Yakin

Directing · Born 1966-06-20 · New York City, New York, USA

Boaz Yakin (Hebrew: בועז יכין‎, born June 20, 1966) is an Israeli-American screenwriter, film director, and producer 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.

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  Now You See Me: Now You Don't

  Characters

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  Now You See Me

  Executive Producer

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  Now You See Me 2

  Characters

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  Uptown Girls

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  Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

  Screenplay

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  Safe

  Writer

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  Remember the Titans

  Director

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  Hostel

  Executive Producer

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  Lady in the Lake

  Executive Producer

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  The Punisher

  Writer

• 2025Now You See Me: Now You Don'tCharacters
• 2024Once Again (for the very first time)Director
• 2024Lady in the LakeExecutive Producer
• 2022AvivaDirector
• 2021The Harder They FallScreenplay
• 2018Boarding SchoolWriter
• 2017Max 2: White House HeroCharacters
• 2016Now You See Me 2Characters
• 2015MaxDirector
• 2013Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting GallerySelf
• 2013Now You See MeExecutive Producer
• 2012SafeWriter
• 2011Bombay BeachProducer
• 2010Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeScreenplay
• 2008Death in LoveWriter
• 2007Hostel: Part IIExecutive Producer
• 2006HostelExecutive Producer
• 20052001 ManiacsProducer
• 2004Dirty Dancing: Havana NightsScreenplay
• 2003Uptown GirlsDirector
• 2000Remember the TitansDirector
• 1999From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood MoneyStory
• 1998A Price Above RubiesDirector
• 1994FreshDirector
• 1990The RookieScreenplay
• 1989The PunisherWriter
• —Broken TheaterExecutive Producer