Larry Yust

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1930-11-03 (94 years old)

Place of Birth Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA

Larry Yust

Biography

Larry Yust's most significant contribution to educational film was through a finely crafted, intriguing, and intellectually stimulating series of dramatic films made for Encyclopaedia Britannica from roughly 1965-1975. Yust's 'Short Story Showcase' films are one of the great serial dramatic bodies of work of the 1965-1985 era of educational film. In addition to his film work, Yust is an accomplished photographer, as evidenced by his book Salvation Mountain: The Art of Leonard Knight (1998).

Known For

Director

1986
Say Yes

as Director

1979
Live or Die

as Director

1974
Homebodies

as Director

1972
Trick Baby

as Director

1972
1969
1969
The Lottery

as Director

1969
Bartleby

as Director

Writer

1989
The Favorite

as Screenplay

1979
Live or Die

as Writer

1974
Homebodies

as Screenplay

1972
Trick Baby

as Screenplay

1969
Bartleby

as Writer

1969
1969
The Lottery

as Writer

Producer

1969
The Lottery

as Producer

Editor

1969
The Lottery

as Editor