Boaz Yakin

Director

Born: June 20, 1966 (59 years old)

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography (24)

• Remember the Titans (2000, ★ 7.6)
• Fresh (1994, ★ 7.2)
• Hostel (2006, ★ 6)
• Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004, ★ 6.4)
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010, ★ 6.3)
• Uptown Girls (2003, ★ 6.9)
• The Rookie (1990, ★ 5.9)
• Safe (2012, ★ 6.5)
• Bombay Beach (2011, ★ 6.4)
• Now You See Me (2013, ★ 7.3)
• Max (2015, ★ 7.1)
• Max 2: White House Hero (2017, ★ 7)
• 2001 Maniacs (2005, ★ 5.4)
• Death in Love (2008, ★ 4.8)
• From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999, ★ 4.6)
• A Price Above Rubies (1998, ★ 5.4)
• The Punisher (1989, ★ 5.8)
• Hostel: Part II (2007, ★ 5.9)
• Boarding School (2018, ★ 6.3)
• Now You See Me 2 (2016, ★ 6.8)
• The Harder They Fall (2021, ★ 6.6)
• Aviva (2022, ★ 6.1)
• Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025, ★ 6.5)
• Lady in the Lake (2024, ★ 6.6)