About

Known credits:
53
Birthday:
1942-05-13
Place of birth:
Champaign, Illinois, USA
Website:
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Roger Young

Overview

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

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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Known for

Acting
2000 Saint Paul Actor Herodes Agrippa 59
Average

Directing
2014 The Red Tent Directing Director 68
Fair
2013 Barabbas Directing Director 68
Fair
2012 Barabbas Directing Director 59
Average
2006 Hercules Directing Director N/A
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2005 Hercules Directing Director 63
Fair
2004 The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story Directing Director 58
Average
2003 Augustus: The First Emperor Directing Director 59
Average
2003 Augusto - Il primo imperatore Directing Director 69
Fair
2002 Dracula Directing Director 59
Average
2002 Dracula Directing Director 70
Good
2000 Saint Paul Directing Director 59
Average
2000 The Thin Blue Lie Directing Director 59
Average
2000 Jesus Directing Director 70
Good
1999 Jesus Directing Director 59
Average
1999 One Special Night Directing Director 59
Average
1998 A Knight in Camelot Directing Director 58
Average
1998 Kiss the Sky Directing Director 59
Average
1997 Solomon Directing Director 59
Average
1997 Heart Full of Rain Directing Director N/A
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1997 Sisters and Other Strangers Directing Director N/A
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1996 The Siege at Ruby Ridge Directing Director 58
Average
1996 The Siege at Ruby Ridge Directing Director N/A
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1995 Moses Directing Director 60
Fair
1995 Joseph Directing Director 65
Fair
1994 Getting Gotti Directing Director 58
Average
1993 Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 Directing Director 58
Average
1993 Geronimo Directing Director 59
Average
1993 For Love and Glory Directing Director N/A
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1992 Jewels Directing Director 68
Fair
1991 Nightmare in Columbia County Directing Director 59
Average
1991 Doublecrossed Directing Director 58
Average
1991 Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levis Story Directing Director N/A
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1990 Love and Lies Directing Director N/A
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1990 Murder in Mississippi Directing Director 59
Average
1988 The Bourne Identity Directing Director N/A
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1988 The Bourne Identity Directing Director 67
Fair
1987 The Squeeze Directing Director 58
Average
1987 Love Among Thieves Directing Director 58
Average
1986 Under Siege Directing Director 59
Average
1985 Into Thin Air Directing Director 59
Average
1985 Gulag Directing Director 58
Average
1984 Lassiter Directing Director 58
Average
1982 Two of a Kind Directing Director N/A
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1982 Dreams Don't Die Directing Director 59
Average
1982 An Innocent Love Directing Director 59
Average
1981 Bitter Harvest Directing Director 58
Average
Augustus Part I Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1995 Virus Writing Teleplay 58
Average
1994 Mortal Fear Writing Teleplay 59
Average
1991 Doublecrossed Writing Writer 58
Average

Production
2000 The Thin Blue Lie Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1977 Lou Grant Production Producer 70
Good