Bob Yari

Bob Yari
Bob Yari
Born	May 30, 1961 (age 63); Tehran, Iran
Citizenship	American
Alma mater	University of California, Santa Barbara
Occupation	Film Producer
Years active	1989–present

Bob Yari (Persian: باب یاری; born May 30, 1961) is an Iranian-born American film producer and director.

Biography

Yari was born to a Jewish family^[1]^[2] in Tehran, Iran. He grew up in New York City, and studied film in Santa Barbara. Yari has produced numerous award winning films, including Crash and The Illusionist. His directorial credits include Papa Hemingway in Cuba, and Mind Games.^[3] Yari has also produced numerous televisions series, including Yellowstone, 1883, and Mayor of Kingstown.

Bob Yari began his film career in the 1980s working for film and television producer Edgar Scherick.^[4] In 1989, he directed and produced his first film, Mind Games. Yari left the film industry in the 1990s and spent the next decade developing large scale commercial real estate projects, including Greenspoint Mall in Houston Texas.^[5] In the early 2000s, Yari returned to film and began developing, financing and producing films under four labels, including Laws of Attraction (Stratus Film), Employee of the Month (Bull’s Eye Entertainment), A Love Song for Bobby Long (El Camino Pictures), and Crash (Bob Yari Prods).^[5] Over the next decade, Yari is credited with producing over forty features, including The Painted Veil, Street Kings, Prime and the Cody Banks series. He also produced the feature documentaries Tyson, Dave Chapelle’s Block Party and Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police.^[6]

In 2016, Bob Yari returned to the director’s chair to helm the biopic Papa Hemingway in Cuba, which won the jury prize for Best World Feature at the Sonoma International Film Festival.^[7] The film was the first U.S. production in over five decades to be shot on location in Havana.^[8]^[9]

Bob Yari first began producing for television in 2008 with the series Crash, a spinoff of the Oscar winning film.^[10] Yari later partnered with 101 Studios to produce the Paramount Western series "Yellowstone," and its prequel "1883," as well as "Mayor of Kingstown." In 2022, Paramount announced that Yari would executive produce an additional slate of series, including: "1923," another chapter in the "Yellowstone" franchise starring Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford, "Land Man," starring Billy Bob Thornton, "Lioness" starring Zoe Saldaña, "Tulsa King", and the limited series "Bass Reeves," starring David Oyelowo.^[11]^[12]

In 2021, Bob Yari published his first book, The Human Condition: A Pathway to Peace and Fulfillment, exploring a pathway to happiness rooted in a balanced lifestyle and attitude.^[13] The following year, Yari published On Creation and the Origins of Life: An Exploration of Intelligent Design, an exploration of the various possibilities and theories on the start of life on our planet.^[14]

Film credits

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit
1989	Mind Games	Executive Producer
1998	Gohar-e shab cheragh	Executive producer
2000	Perfect Fit
2003	Agent Cody Banks	Executive producer
	Where the Red Fern Grows
	Devil's Pond	Executive producer
2004	Employee of the Month
	In Enemy Hands	Executive producer
	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
	Laws of Attraction	Executive producer
	House of D
	A Love Song for Bobby Long
	Crash
	Haven
	Around the Bend	Executive producer
2005	Thumbsucker	Executive producer
	The Chumscrubber	Executive producer
	The Matador	Executive producer
	Hostage
	The L.A. Riot Spectacular	Executive producer
	Sueño	Executive producer
	Winter Passing	Executive producer
	Prime	Executive producer
2006	The Illusionist
	Find Me Guilty	Executive producer
	Even Money	Executive producer
	First Snow
	The Hoax
	Gray Matters
	The Painted Veil
	Factory Girl	Executive producer
2007	Resurrecting the Champ
	Kickin' It Old Skool
	Christmas in Wonderland	Executive producer
2008	Assassination of a High School President
	The Accidental Husband
	Street Kings	Executive producer
	Nothing but the Truth
	What Doesn't Kill You
2009	The Maiden Heist
2009	Possession
2014	The Barber	Executive producer
2015	Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
2017	The Current War	Executive producer
2019	Above Suspicion	Executive producer
2020	The War with Grandpa	Executive producer
2023	Finestkind	Executive producer
TBA	Fireflies at El Mozote	Executive producer

As director

Year	Film
1989	Mind Games
2015	Papa: Hemingway in Cuba

Television

Year	Title	Credit
2008−09	Crash	Executive producer
2019	The Last Cowboy	Executive producer
2019−	Yellowstone	Executive producer
2021	Under the Influence	Executive producer
2021−	Mayor of Kingstown	Executive producer
2021−22	1883	Executive producer
2022−	Tulsa King	Executive producer
	1923	Executive producer
	George & Tammy	Executive producer
2023	Waco: The Aftermath	Executive producer
	Special Ops: Lioness	Executive producer
	Lawmen: Bass Reeves	Executive producer
TBA	6666	Executive producer
TBA	Land Man	Executive producer