Roger Young

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1942-05-13 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Champaign, Illinois, USA

Roger Young

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.

Known For

Director

2014
The Red Tent

as Director

2013
Barabbas

as Director

2012
Barabbas

as Director

2005
Rome

as Director

2005
The Closer

as Director

2005
Hercules

as Director

2002
Dracula

as Director

2000
Saint Paul

as Director

2000
The Thin Blue Lie

as Director

2000
Jesus

as Director

1999
Jesus

as Director

1999
One Special Night

as Director

1998
1998
Kiss the Sky

as Director

1997
Solomon

as Director

1997
Heart Full of Rain

as Director

1996
1996
Moses

as Director

1996
1995
Joseph

as Director

1995
Moses

as Director

1995
Joseph

as Director

1994
Getting Gotti

as Director

1993
For Love and Glory

as Director

1993
Geronimo

as Director

1992
Jewels

as Director

1991
Doublecrossed

as Director

1990
1990
Love and Lies

as Director

1990
Law & Order

as Director

1988
1988
1987
Love Among Thieves

as Director

1987
The Squeeze

as Director

1986
Under Siege

as Director

1985
Gulag

as Director

1985
Into Thin Air

as Director

1985
Eye to Eye

as Director

1984
Lassiter

as Director

1984
Legmen

as Director

1983
1982
Dreams Don't Die

as Director

1982
Two of a Kind

as Director

1982
An Innocent Love

as Director

1981
Bitter Harvest

as Director

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Director

1979
Knots Landing

as Director

1977
Lou Grant

as Director

Writer

1997
Final Descent

as Teleplay

1995
Virus

as Teleplay

1994
Mortal Fear

as Teleplay

1991
Doublecrossed

as Writer

Producer

2000
The Thin Blue Lie

as Executive Producer

1977
Lou Grant

as Producer

Actor

2000
Saint Paul

as Herodes Agrippa