In 2016, 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]
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, 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.
