Larry Yust
- Directing
- November 3, 1930 · Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Filmography
- The Favorite · Screenplay
- Say Yes · Director
- Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter · Director, Producer
- Live or Die · Writer, Director
- Homebodies · Director, Screenplay
- The Secret Sharer · Director, Writer
- Trick Baby · Director, Screenplay
- A Family Talks About Sex · Director, Writer
- Bartleby · Writer, Director
- The Lottery · Director, Writer
- The Lady, or the Tiger? · Director
- Dr. Heidegger's Experiment · Producer, Director