Boaz Yakin

Boaz Yakin

1966-06-20 New York, New York, U.S.A. 25 Credits

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 ...

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Once Again (for the very first time)

Once Again (for the very first time)

2024

Director, Producer, Writer

Directing Producing Writing

Repetition is an illusion. Everything is always new. Legendary street dancer DeRay and spoken-word poet and battle rapper Naima explore a powerful l...

Aviva

Aviva

2022

Director, Producer, Writer

6.1
Directing Producing Writing

A unique exploration into romantic connection and gender dynamics, 'Aviva' tells the story of a relationship between a man and a woman, with each of t...

The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

2021

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.

Boarding School

Boarding School

2018

Writer, Director

6.4
Writing Directing

When troubled 12-year-old Jacob Felsen is sent away to boarding school, he enters every kid’s worst nightmare: a creepy old mansion, deserted except f...

Max 2: White House Hero

Max 2: White House Hero

2017

Characters

7.0

Max is assigned to the White House while Butch, the secret service dog, is on maternity leave. He meets TJ, a 12 year old boy, who is the President's ...

Now You See Me 2

Now You See Me 2

2016

Characters

6.8

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find them...

Max

Max

2015

Director, Writer, Executive Producer

7.1
Directing Writing Producing

A dog that helped soldiers in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience.

Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

2013

as Self

Acting

A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.

Now You See Me

Now You See Me

2013

Executive Producer, Story, Screenplay

7.3
Producing Writing

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with...

Safe

Safe

2012

Writer, Director

6.5
Writing Directing

After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, th...

Bombay Beach

Bombay Beach

2011

Producer

6.3
Producing

Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea, a man-made sea stranded in the middle o...

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2010

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable ...

Death in Love

Death in Love

2008

Writer, Director

4.8
Writing Directing

Death in Love is a psychosexual-thriller about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a doctor overseeing human experimentation at a Nazi German con...

Hostel: Part II

Hostel: Part II

2007

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.

Hostel

Hostel

2006

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.

2001 Maniacs

2001 Maniacs

2005

Producer

5.4
Producing

On their way to Spring Break, college kids take a detour through an old Southern town. The people of Pleasant Valley insist the kids stay for their an...

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

2004

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy waiter,...

Uptown Girls

Uptown Girls

2003

Director, Executive Producer

6.9
Directing Producing

Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray...

Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans

2000

Director

7.6
Directing

After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different ...

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

1999

Story

4.6
Writing

A bank-robbing gang of misfits heads to Mexico with the blueprints for the perfect million-dollar heist, but when one of the crooks wanders into the w...

A Price Above Rubies

A Price Above Rubies

1998

Director, Screenplay

5.4
Directing Writing

About a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because of the woman wanting something more out of her...

Fresh

Fresh

1994

Director, Writer

7.2
Directing Writing

Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other.

The Rookie

The Rookie

1990

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result o...

The Punisher

The Punisher

1989

Writer

5.8
Writing

The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a ...

Broken Theater

N/A

Executive Producer

Producing

Ten artists meet in a ghost theater. At the cost of each other, they grapple with love, humiliation and loss.