Boaz Yakin is a screen­writer and film direc­tor based in New York City. Yakin stud­ied film­mak­ing at New York City Col­lege and New York Uni­ver­si­ty. As a pro­duc­er he has been involved in bring­ing projects as diverse as Hos­tel and the award-win­ning Bom­bay Beach to the screen. His most recent graph­ic nov­el, Jerusalem: A Fam­i­ly Por­trait, illus­trat­ed by Nick Bertozzi,will be pub­lished lat­er this month.