Robert M. Young
- Directing
- November 22, 1924 · New York City, New York, USA
- February 6, 2024
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).
Known for
Filmography
- At the End of the Santa Fe Trail · Writer
- The Maze · Director
- Berkeley · Additional Director of Photography
- Battlestar Galactica · Director
- Human Error · Director
- China: The Panda Adventure · Director
- Caught · Director
- Slave of Dreams · Director
- Solomon & Sheba · Director
- Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family · Cinematography, Editing
- Roosters · Director
- American Me · Producer, Camera Operator
- Talent for the Game · Director
- Triumph of the Spirit · Director
- Dominick and Eugene · Director
- We Are the Children · Director
- Extremities · Director
- Saving Grace · Director
- The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez · Director, Screenplay
- American Playhouse · Director, Writer
- One Trick Pony · Director
- Rich Kids · Director
- Alambrista! · Writer, Director
- Short Eyes · Director
- To Fly! · Writer
- Children of the Fields · Director
- J.T. · Director
- The Plot Against Harry · Producer, Cinematography
- The Eskimo: Fight for Life · Director, Writer
- Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice · Director, Cinematography
- Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp · Cinematography
- Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak · Cinematography
- Netsilik Eskimos, VII: Fishing at the Stone Weir · Cinematography
- Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout · Cinematography
- Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice · Cinematography
- Faces of Israel 1966 · Cinematography
- Netsilik Eskimo, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp · Cinematography
- Netsilik Eskimo, II: At the Caribou Crossing Place · Cinematography
- Abstraction · Director, Producer
- Netsilik Eskimos, I: At the Autumn River Camp · Cinematography
- Nothing But a Man · Producer, Cinematography
- Cortile Cascino · Editing, Cinematography
- NBC White Paper: Angola – Journey to a War · Director, Writer
- Sit-In · Director
- Secrets of the Reef · Writer, Director