Writing
Tony Tost
Born July 27, 1975 · Springfield, Missouri, USA (age 50)
Tony Tost (born July 27, 1975) is an American film director, poet, critic and screenwriter. He is the creator, executive producer, and showrunner of Damnation, a neo-western period drama about the labor wars in America during the 1930s that aired on USA Network and on Netflix outside the US. He is also the writer and director of Americana, a 2025 neo-western crime drama from Lionsgate, and the sho…
Known For
Americana · 2025Americana
★ 6.22025
MovieCrimeWestern
After a rare Native American artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams teams up with a lovelorn military veteran to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer.
Longmire · 2012Longmire
★ 7.72012
SeriesWesternCrime
A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.
The Terror · 2018The Terror
★ 7.42018
SeriesMysteryDrama
A chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.
Poker Face · 2023Poker Face
★ 7.42023
SeriesCrimeMystery
Follow Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone is lying, as she hits the road and, at every stop, encounters a new cast of characters and crimes she can't help but solve.
Damnation · 2017Damnation
★ 6.82017
SeriesWestern
Seth Davenport is masquerading as a small town Iowa preacher in the hopes of starting a full-blown insurrection against the status quo, unaware that an industrialist tycoon has hired a professional strikebreaker to stop the uprising by any means necessary. An epic saga of the secret history of the 1930’s American heartland, chronicling the mythic conflict and bloody struggle between big money and the downtrodden, God and greed, charlatans, and prophets.
Movies
TV Shows
Longmire · 2012Longmire
★ 7.72012
SeriesWesternCrime
A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.
The Terror · 2018The Terror
★ 7.42018
SeriesMysteryDrama
A chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.
Poker Face · 2023Poker Face
★ 7.42023
SeriesCrimeMystery
Follow Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone is lying, as she hits the road and, at every stop, encounters a new cast of characters and crimes she can't help but solve.
Damnation · 2017Damnation
★ 6.82017
SeriesWestern
Seth Davenport is masquerading as a small town Iowa preacher in the hopes of starting a full-blown insurrection against the status quo, unaware that an industrialist tycoon has hired a professional strikebreaker to stop the uprising by any means necessary. An epic saga of the secret history of the 1930’s American heartland, chronicling the mythic conflict and bloody struggle between big money and the downtrodden, God and greed, charlatans, and prophets.