Boaz Yakin
, b. 1966
Boaz Yakin is an American screenwriter and film director based in New York City. Yakin studied filmmaking at New York City College and New York University. He has written and/or directed many films, including: The Punisher (1989), Fresh (1994), Remember The Titans (2000), Death in Love (2008), and Max (2015). He wrote the screenplay for the game-based period film, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010). With directors Eli Roth and Scott Spiegel, Boaz Yakin formed a film production company Raw Nerve, which primarily produces horror films. In addition to Marathon, the subject of this entry, Yakin has written a number of further graphic novels, including The Remarkable Worlds of Phineas B Fuddle, illustrated by Erez Yakin (Paradox Press, 2000), and Jerusalem illustrated by Nick Bertozzi (First Second, 2013).
Bio prepared by Sonya Nevin, University of Roehampton, sonya.nevin@roehampton.ac.uk
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