About

Known credits:
30
Birthday:
1933-03-16
Place of birth:
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Website:
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Robert Young

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Robert William Young (born 16 March 1933) is a British television and film director.

Young was born in Cheltenham, and in the 1980s and early 1990s, established himself as a leading director of British TV drama. In the 1970s, he directed Vampire Circus (1972) and Hammer House of Horror. He directed several episodes of Minder and Bergerac in the early 1980s, and the acclaimed TV serial The Mad Death which centred around a rabies outbreak. Perhaps his best remembered television work was on Robin of Sherwood, for which he directed many of the best-regarded episodes.

Young moved towards black comedy in the early 1990s, directing Jeeves and Wooster based on the stories written by P.G. Wodehouse, and GBH, for which he was nominated for a BATA award. It was partly on the strength of GBH that he was assigned to direct Fierce Creatures, John Cleese's 1997 follow-up to A Fish Called Wanda, which featured many of the same cast as GBH. However, the production ran into problems and Fred Schepisi was brought in to finalise the movie. Young did, however, direct Splitting Heirs, which starred Cleese and Eric Idle.

Young has continued to work on television drama since then.

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Known for

Directing
2014 Curse of the Phoenix Directing Director 59
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2012 Wide Blue Yonder Directing Director 58
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2007 Blood Monkey Directing Director 58
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2007 Eichmann Directing Director 59
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2006 Bye, Bye Harry Directing Director 59
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2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades Directing Director 58
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1999 Camino de Santiago Directing Director 69
Fair
1999 Captain Jack Directing Director 59
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1997 Jane Eyre Directing Director 59
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1997 Fierce Creatures Directing Director 59
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1994 The Wimbledon Poisoner Directing Director 69
Fair
1994 Doomsday Gun Directing Director 58
Average
1994 White Goods Directing Director 58
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1993 Splitting Heirs Directing Director 58
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1992 Hostage Directing Director 58
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1991 Alive and Kicking Directing Director 59
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1991 G.B.H. Directing Director 68
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1989 Blore M.P. Directing Director N/A
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1989 One Way Out Directing Director N/A
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1987 Three Wishes for Jamie Directing Director 58
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1986 The Worst Witch Directing Director 59
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1983 The Mad Death Directing Director 69
Fair
1979 The World Is Full of Married Men Directing Director 58
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1978 20 Times More Likely Directing Director N/A
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1977 Soldier's Home Directing Director N/A
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1976 Keep It Up Downstairs Directing Director 58
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1974 Romance with a Double Bass Directing Director 58
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1972 Vampire Circus Directing Director 58
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Production
2014 Curse of the Phoenix Production Producer 59
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2012 Wide Blue Yonder Production Producer 58
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