10 Facts About Bob Yari

Bob Yari is an Iranian-born American film producer and director.

Bob Yari grew up in New York City, and studied film in Santa Barbara.

Bob Yari has 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.

Bob 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.

Bob Yari produced the feature documentaries Tyson, Dave Chapelle's Block Party and Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police.

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.

Bob Yari first began producing for television in 2008 with the series Crash, a spinoff of the Oscar winning film.

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.

Bob Yari was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.