Roger Young
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 13, 1942 (age 84)
- Birthplace
- Champaign, Illinois, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Young (director) licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
The Red Tent
TV · Director · 2 eps
Barabbas
TV · Director · 2 eps
Barabbas
Movie · Director
Rome
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Closer
TV · Director · 3 eps
Hercules
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
Movie · Director
Augustus: The First Emperor
Movie · Director
Augustus: The First Emperor
TV · Director · 2 eps
Dracula
Movie · Director
Dracula's Kiss
TV · Director · 2 eps
Saint Paul
Movie · Director
The Thin Blue Lie
Movie · Director
Saint Paul
TV · Director · 2 eps
Jesus
Movie · Director
One Special Night
Movie · Director
Jesus
TV · Director · 2 eps
A Knight in Camelot
Movie · Director
Kiss the Sky
Movie · Director
Solomon
Movie · Director
Heart Full of Rain
Movie · Director
Sisters and Other Strangers
Movie · Director
Solomon
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Movie · Director
Moses
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
TV · Director · 2 eps
Joseph
Movie · Director
Joseph
TV · Director · 2 eps
Getting Gotti
Movie · Director
Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771
Movie · Director
For Love and Glory
Movie · Director
Geronimo
Movie · Director
Jewels
TV · Director · 2 eps
Doublecrossed
Movie · Director
Victim of Beauty
Movie · Director
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
Movie · Director
Murder in Mississippi
Movie · Director
Love and Lies
Movie · Director
Law & Order
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Bourne Identity
TV · Director · 2 eps
Love Among Thieves
Movie · Director
The Squeeze
Movie · Director
Under Siege
Movie · Director
Gulag
Movie · Director
Into Thin Air
Movie · Director
Eye to Eye
TV · Director · 1 ep
Lassiter
Movie · Director
Legmen
TV · Director · 1 ep
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV · Director · 2 eps
Dreams Don't Die
Movie · Director
Two of a Kind
Movie · Director
An Innocent Love
Movie · Director
Bitter Harvest
Movie · Director
Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
Movie · Director
Magnum, P.I.
TV · Director · 2 eps
Knots Landing
TV · Director · 3 eps
Lou Grant
TV · Director · 14 eps