
Director
Roger Young
Born May 13, 1942 in Champaign, Illinois, USA35 films
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Roger E. Young (born 13 May 1942) is an American TV and film director. He won an Emmy Award in 1980 in Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for Lou Grant (episode: Cop). He was born in Champaign, Illinois. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Illinois. He worked as a producer-director at Channel 6, the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis, IN. Then moved to Chicago and became a producer for Foote-Cone & Belding Advertising, where he produced national commercials. Later he moved to directing commercials for the production company of Lippert-Saviano, and then Topel & Associates. Finally he opened his own production company, Young & Company, producing and directing commercials. In 1977 he moved to Los Angeles and was hired as Associate Producer on a television film entitled "Something for Joey". This led to being offered Associate Producer of "Lou Grant" the television series starring Ed Asner. Gene Reynolds, Executive Producer of the show, became Mr. Young's mentor, and in the second season Mr. Young was given the opportunity to direct an episode. He won an Emmy and two Director's Guild Awards for directing episodes of the series. He then directed the two-hour pilot of "Magnum, P.I.", and many other pilots... all but one of them being picked up for series. Mr. Young then began to concentrate on long form television: two hour films and mini-series.
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35 films as director- 2012BarabbasDirector
- 2004The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson StoryDirector
- 2003Augustus: The First EmperorDirector
- 2002DraculaDirector
- 2000Saint PaulDirector
- 2000The Thin Blue LieDirector
- 1999JesusDirector
- 1999One Special NightDirector
- 1998A Knight in CamelotDirector
- 1998Kiss the SkyDirector
- 1997SolomonDirector
- 1997Heart Full of RainDirector
- 1997Sisters and Other StrangersDirector
- 1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeDirector
- 1995JosephDirector
- 1994Getting GottiDirector
- 1993Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771Director
- 1993GeronimoDirector
- 1993For Love and GloryDirector
- 1991Victim of BeautyDirector
- 1991DoublecrossedDirector
- 1991Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin StoryDirector
- 1990Love and LiesDirector
- 1990Murder in MississippiDirector
- 1987The SqueezeDirector
- 1987Love Among ThievesDirector
- 1986Under SiegeDirector
- 1985Into Thin AirDirector
- 1985GulagDirector
- 1984LassiterDirector
- 1982Two of a KindDirector
- 1982Dreams Don't DieDirector
- 1982An Innocent LoveDirector
- 1981Bitter HarvestDirector
- 1980Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in HawaiiDirector

