Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
June 20, 1966 (59 years old)
New York City, New York, USA
Boaz Yakin
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.
Known For
Directing
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Characters
2025
Lady in the Lake
Executive Producer
2024
The Harder They Fall
Screenplay
2021
Boarding School
Writer, Director
2018
Max 2: White House Hero
Characters
2017
Now You See Me 2
Characters
2016
Max
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
2015
Now You See Me
Executive Producer, Story, Screenplay
2013
Safe
Writer, Director
2012
Bombay Beach
Producer
2011
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Screenplay
2010
Death in Love
Writer, Director
2008