Directing
Roger Young
Born May 13, 1942 · Champaign, Illinois, USA
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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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Drama
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2012
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2005
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2005
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2005
Drama
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2004
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2003
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2002
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Dracula's Kiss
2002
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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2000
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2000
Drama · Action & Adventure
The Thin Blue Lie
2000
Drama
Jesus
1999
Adventure · Drama · TV Movie
Jesus
1999
One Special Night
1999
Drama · Romance · TV Movie
A Knight in Camelot
1998
Adventure · Fantasy · Comedy
Kiss the Sky
1998
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Solomon
1997
Adventure · Drama · TV Movie
Solomon
1997
Drama
Heart Full of Rain
1997
TV Movie · Drama
Sisters and Other Strangers
1997
Drama · TV Movie
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
Drama · History · TV Movie
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
Drama
Moses
1996
Drama · Mystery
Joseph
1995
Drama
Joseph
1995
Adventure · Drama · TV Movie
Getting Gotti
1994
Action · Crime · Drama
Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771
1993
Drama · TV Movie
Geronimo
1993
Western · TV Movie
For Love and Glory
1993
Drama · War · TV Movie
Jewels
1992
Drama
Victim of Beauty
1991
Drama · Thriller · TV Movie
Doublecrossed
1991
Action · Drama · TV Movie
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1991
Drama · TV Movie
Law & Order
1990
Crime · Drama
Love and Lies
1990
TV Movie · Crime · Drama
Murder in Mississippi
1990
TV Movie · Drama
The Bourne Identity
1988
Drama · Action & Adventure
The Squeeze
1987
Action · Comedy · Crime
Love Among Thieves
1987
Comedy · Mystery · Romance
Under Siege
1986
Thriller
Into Thin Air
1985
TV Movie · Drama · Crime
Gulag
1985
Drama · TV Movie
Lassiter
1984
Crime · Drama · Thriller
Legmen
1984
Drama
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Action & Adventure · Drama · Crime
Two of a Kind
1982
Drama · TV Movie
Dreams Don't Die
1982
Drama · Thriller · TV Movie
An Innocent Love
1982
Drama · Romance · TV Movie
Bitter Harvest
1981
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Magnum, P.I.
1980
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Knots Landing
1979
Drama · Soap
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1977
Comedy · Drama
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1997
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Virus
1995
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Mortal Fear
1994
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2000
Adventure · Drama · TV Movie
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2000
Drama · Action & Adventure