Robert M. Young
Born: 1924-11-22 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2024-02-06
Known For: Directing
Biography
Robert Milton Young (November 22, 1924 – February 6, 2024) was an American film and television director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and producer. Young was considered a trailblazer in the independent filmmaking sector and for frequently casting Edward James Olmos in his movies, directing him in Alambrista! (1977), The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982), Saving Grace (1986), Triumph of the Spirit (1989), Talent for the Game (1991), Roosters (1993), Slave of Dreams (1995), and Caught (1996). He produced Olmos's directorial debut, American Me (1992).
Filmography
2025
- At the End of the Santa Fe Trail ... (Writer)
2011
- The Maze ... (Director)
2005
- Berkeley ... (Additional Director of Photography)
2004
- Battlestar Galactica ... (Director)
- Human Error ... (Director)
2001
- China: The Panda Adventure ... (Director)
1996
- Caught ... (Director)
1995
- Slave of Dreams ... (Director)
- Solomon & Sheba ... (Director)
1993
- Roosters ... (Director)
- Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family ... (Director of Photography)
1992
- American Me ... (Producer)
1991
- Talent for the Game ... (Director)
1990
- The Plot Against Harry ... (Producer)
1989
- Triumph of the Spirit ... (Director)
1988
- Dominick and Eugene ... (Director)
1987
- We Are the Children ... (Director)
1986
- Extremities ... (Director)
- Saving Grace ... (Director)
1983
- The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez ... (Director)
1982
- American Playhouse ... (Director)
1980
- One Trick Pony ... (Director)
1979
- Rich Kids ... (Director)
1977
- Short Eyes ... (Director)
- Alambrista! ... (Writer)
1976
- To Fly! ... (Writer)
1973
- Children of the Fields ... (Director)
1971
- J.T. ... (Director)
1970
- The Eskimo: Fight for Life ... (Director)
1967
- Abstraction ... (Director)
- Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp ... (Cinematography)
- Netsilik Eskimo, II: At the Caribou Crossing Place ... (Cinematography)
- Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice ... (Cinematography)
- Netsilik Eskimos, I: At the Autumn River Camp ... (Cinematography)
- Netsilik Eskimos, VII: Fishing at the Stone Weir ... (Cinematography)
- Netsilik Eskimo, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp ... (Cinematography)
- Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak ... (Cinematography)
- Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice ... (Director)
- Faces of Israel 1966 ... (Director of Photography)
- Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout ... (Cinematography)
1964
- Nothing But a Man ... (Producer)
1962
- Cortile Cascino ... (Editor)
1961
- NBC White Paper: Angola – Journey to a War ... (Director)
1960
- Sit-In ... (Director)
1956
- Secrets of the Reef ... (Writer)