Bob Yari

Bob Yari born Babar Yaghoubzadeh 30 May 1961 Tehran Iran is an Iranianborn American film producer and director who immigrated to the US around 1979 He studied at UCSB and the Brooks Institute He is best known as the primary financier of Crash 2004 which won the Best Picture Oscar despite him being denied official producer credit by the Producers Guild He cofounded Stratus Film with Mark Gordon and has produced over 40 features including The Illusionist 2006 Street Kings 2008 and Employee of the Month 2006 As a television executive producer he is a key figure behind the Yellowstone franchise 1883 1923 Tulsa King Mayor of Kingstown and Landman He directed Mind Games 1989 and Papa Hemingway in Cuba 2015 In 2024 he founded Magenta Light Studios He has also published two books and won a BAFTA and an Independent Spirit Award