Christopher Yost
Born	(1973-02-21) February 21, 1973 (age 51) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Education	University of Michigan University of Southern California
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	2002–present
Website	twitter.com/yost

Christopher Lee Yost (/joʊst/; born February 21, 1973) is an American film, television, animation, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Studios' Marvel Cinematic Universe with Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and on The Mandalorian for Lucasfilm and Disney+.

Career

Yost graduated from the University of Michigan in 1995 with a film and video degree and got into advertising in the Detroit area, producing TV commercials. He went on to earn an MFA in film from The Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California and later interned, in 2002, in Marvel Comics' west coast office. His spec film scripts got attention from Marvel executives who hired Yost to write episodes of the TV series X-Men: Evolution.

Yost has also written for animated shows such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Batman and was the story editor and head writer on the Fantastic Four animated series that aired on Cartoon Network in 2006 as well as Iron Man: Armored Adventures. He was the head writer of Marvel Animation's The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, which aired on Disney XD from 2010 to 2012, and has worked on Lucasfilm's Star Wars: Rebels on Disney XD.

Yost worked in the Marvel Feature Film Writers Program from 2010 to 2012 before embarking on his feature film screenwriting career. He was one of the writers of Marvel's feature film Thor: The Dark World (2013),^[1] and then wrote Mattel's film Max Steel, before returning to Marvel to work on Thor: Ragnarok.

On June 6, 2017, it was announced that Yost would write an American live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop for television with Tomorrow Studios, a partnership between Marty Adelstein and Sunrise Inc., which also produced the original anime.^[2] Additionally, he worked on The Mandalorian for Lucasfilm and Disney+. In July 2023, it was announced that Yost and Alan Wan would serve as showrunners and executive producers on Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for Paramount+.^[3]

Filmography

Film

• Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008)
• Hulk Vs. (2009)
• Thor: The Dark World (2013)
• Max Steel (2016)
• Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
• Secret Headquarters (2022)
• The Tiger's Apprentice (2024)

Television

TV animation

• X-Men: Evolution (writer)
  • 3.11 "X23" (story by Craig Kyle, co-written with Craig Kyle), 2003
  • 3.12 "Dark Horizon Part 1" (co-written with Craig Kyle), 2003
  • 3.13 "Dark Horizon Part 2" (co-written with Craig Kyle), 2003
  • 4.03 "Target X" (co-written with Craig Kyle), 2003
• The Batman (writer)
  • 1.07 "The Big Heat" (co-written with J.D Murray), 2004
  • 2.02 "Riddled" (co-written with J.D Murray), 2005
  • 2.06 "The Pets" (co-written with J.D Murray), 2005
  • 3.04 "RPM", 2005
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (writer)
  • 3.19 "Reality Check", 2005
  • 3.22 "The Real World Part 1", 2005
  • 3.25 "Exodus Part 1", 2005
  • 4.01 "Cousin Sid", 2005
  • 4.06 "Grudge Match", 2005
  • 4.09 "Aliens Among Us", 2005
  • 4.13 "Samurai Tourist", 2005
  • 4.17 "Outbreak", 2006
  • 4.20 "Return of Savanti Part 1", 2006
  • 4.21 "Return of Savanti Part 2", 2006
  • 4.24 "Good Genes Part 1", 2006
  • 4.25 "Good Genes Part 2", 2006
  • 5.01 "Lap of the Gods", 2008
  • 5.04 "More Worlds Than One", 2008
  • 5.07 "Membership Drive", 2008
  • 5.12 "Enter the Dragons Part 1", 2008
  • 5.13 "Enter the Dragons Part 2", 2008
• Legend of the Dragon (writer)
  • 1.16 "Shell Game", 2006
• Alien Racers (writer)
  • 1.18 "Skrash and Burn", 2006
• Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (head writer, story editor)
  • 1.03 "Doomsday" (story by Craig Kyle), 2006
  • 1.12 "Annihilation" (story by Craig Kyle), 2007
  • 1.18 "The Cure" (story by Craig Kyle & Dan Slott), 2007
  • 1.26 "Scavenger Hunt", 2007
• Wolverine and the X-Men (writer)
  • 1.07 "Wolverine vs. Hulk", 2008 (story by Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost)
  • 1.09 "Future X", 2008 (story by Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle)
  • 1.10 "Greetings from Genosha", 2008 (story by Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle)
  • 1.12 "Excessive Force", 2008 (story by Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost)
  • 1.13 "Battle Lines", 2009 (story by Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost)
  • 1.14 "Stolen Lives", 2009 (story only, with Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle)
  • 1.15 "Hunting Grounds", 2009 (story only, with Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle)
  • 1.16 "Badlands", 2009 (story only, with Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle)
  • 1.18 "Backlash", 2009 (story by Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost)
  • 1.19 "Guardian Angel", 2009 (story only, with Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle)
• Iron Man: Armored Adventures (head writer, story editor)
  • 1.01 "Iron Forged in Fire Part 1", 2009
  • 1.02 "Iron Forged in Fire Part 2", 2009
  • 1.12 "Seeing Red", 2009
  • 1.19 "Technovore", 2009 (story only)
  • 1.25 "Tales of Suspense Part 1", 2009
  • 1.26 "Tales of Suspense Part 2", 2009
• The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (head writer, story editor)
  • 1.05 "The Man in the Ant Hill", 2010
  • 1.06 "Breakout Part 1", 2010
  • 1.07 "Breakout Part 2", 2010
  • 1.14 "Masters of Evil", 2010
  • 1.25 "The Fall of Asgard", 2011
  • 1.26 "A Day Unlike Any Other", 2011
  • 2.01 "The Private War of Doctor Doom", 2012
  • 2.11 "Infiltration", 2012
  • 2.12 "Secret Invasion", 2012
  • 2.13 "Along Came a Spider...", 2012
  • 2.17 "Ultron Unlimited", 2012
  • 2.19 "Emperor Stark", 2012
  • 2.23 "New Avengers", 2012
  • 2.24 "Operation Galactic Storm", 2012
  • 2.25 "Live Kree or Die", 2012
  • 2.26 "Avengers Assemble", 2012
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (writer)
  • 2.19 "The Wrath of Tiger Claw", 2014
• Star Wars Rebels (writer)
  • 3.07 "Imperial Supercommandos", 2016
  • 3.16 "Legacy of Mandalore", 2017
  • 4.02 "Heroes of Mandalore Part 2", 2017
  • 4.05 "The Occupation", 2017
  • 4.11 "DUME", 2017 (with Dave Filoni)
• Star Wars The Bad Batch (writer)
  • 2.05 "Entombed", 2023