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Bob Yari
Highest Rated: 92% Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: May 30, 1961
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Bob Yari (born Babar Yaghoubzadeh) is an Iranian-born film producer best known for his work on the Academy Award-winning drama "Crash." Yari, the son of Iranian immigrants, grew up in New York City and trained in cinematography at the University of Santa Barbara. After making his film debut as director of the 1989 horror feature "Mind Games," Yari quit the film business and made his fortune as a real estate tycoon. Still peripherally involved in film as a financier of everything from big-budget Hollywood films to small independent features, Yari used his financial clout to help bring A-list talent to films with tighter budgets. In 2004, he served as the primary financial backer of the critically acclaimed ensemble drama "Crash," a role that generated some controversy when Yari sued the Producers Guild of America for denying him a full producer credit on the Oscar-winning film, which meant that he did not receive an Oscar when the film unexpectedly won the Best Picture award. (He did receive honors from other award organizations, including the U.K.'s BAFTA Awards.) Yari also took out full-page ads in the movie industry trade papers calling for an end to the arbitration panels that denied him a credit.
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30% | 61% | Finestkind | Executive Producer | - | 2023 |
| 24% | 44% | Above Suspicion | Executive Producer | - | 2019 |
| 11% | 53% | Papa: Hemingway in Cuba |
Director, Producer |
$1.1M | 2015 |
| 20% | 26% | The Barber | Executive Producer | - | 2014 |
| 39% | 65% | Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police | Producer | $23.2K | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | The Maiden Heist | Producer | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Possession | Producer | - | 2008 |
| 6% | 36% | The Accidental Husband | Producer | - | 2008 |
| 55% | 46% | Assassination of a High School President | Producer | - | 2008 |
| 86% | 79% | Tyson | Executive Producer | $887.1K | 2008 |
| 82% | 73% | Nothing but the Truth | Producer | $3.0K | 2008 |
| 66% | 47% | What Doesn't Kill You | Producer | - | 2008 |
| 0% | 27% | Christmas in Wonderland | Executive Producer | - | 2007 |
| 61% | 60% | Resurrecting the Champ | Producer | $3.2M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Shortcut to Happiness | Executive Producer | - | 2007 |
| 2% | 42% | Kickin' It Old Skool | Producer | $4.5M | 2007 |
| 58% | 41% | First Snow | Producer | $213.0K | 2006 |
| 24% | 29% | Even Money | Executive Producer | - | 2006 |
| 86% | 58% | The Hoax | Producer | $7.1M | 2006 |
| 8% | 45% | Gray Matters | Producer | $59.6K | 2006 |
| 74% | 85% | The Painted Veil | Executive Producer | $8.0M | 2006 |
| 73% | 83% | The Illusionist | Producer | $39.8M | 2006 |
| 63% | 62% | Find Me Guilty | Producer | $1.2M | 2006 |
| 37% | 75% | The Chumscrubber | Executive Producer | $49.5K | 2005 |
| 40% | 61% | Winter Passing | Executive Producer | $106.6K | 2005 |
| 92% | 74% | Dave Chappelle's Block Party | Producer | $11.7M | 2005 |
| 71% | 71% | Thumbsucker | Executive Producer | $1.3M | 2005 |
| 43% | 36% | Sueño | Executive Producer | - | 2005 |
| 55% | 63% | Happy Endings | Producer | $1.3M | 2005 |
| 50% | 52% | Prime | Executive Producer | $22.7M | 2005 |
| 35% | 62% | Hostage | Producer | $34.6M | 2005 |
| 11% | 52% | Employee of the Month | Producer | - | 2004 |
| 29% | 60% | Around the Bend | Executive Producer | $193.6K | 2004 |
| 15% | 60% | Haven | Producer | $136.8K | 2004 |
| 44% | 80% | A Love Song for Bobby Long | Producer | $159.2K | 2004 |
| 13% | 31% | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | Executive Producer | $23.2M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Haven: Trailer | Producer | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Where the Red Fern Grows | Producer | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Devil's Pond | Executive Producer | - | 2003 |
| 38% | 32% | Agent Cody Banks | Executive Producer | $47.3M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Mind Games | Director | $38.7K | 1989 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42% | 90% | Mayor of Kingstown | Executive Producer | 2021-2024 |
| 29% | 88% | Waco: The Aftermath | Executive Producer | 2023-2024 |
| 81% | 93% | Lawmen: Bass Reeves | Executive Producer | 2023 |
| 56% | 80% | Special Ops: Lioness | Executive Producer | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story | Executive Producer | 2023 |
| 90% | 54% | 1923 | Executive Producer | 2022-2023 |
| 79% | 91% | Tulsa King | Executive Producer | 2022-2023 |
| 86% | 71% | George & Tammy | Executive Producer | 2022-2023 |
| 84% | 76% | Yellowstone | Executive Producer | 2019 2022 |
| 89% | 82% | 1883 | Executive Producer | 2021-2022 |