Person Details

Birthday: 1942-05-13 12:25:15

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Champaign, Illinois, USA

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Movie Involvements: 40

TV Involvements: 18


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Director
Magnum, P.I.
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7

Magnum, P.I.

(1980) Director
The Closer
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8

The Closer

(2005) Director
Knots Landing
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7

Knots Landing

(1979) Director
Hardcastle and McCormick
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6

Hardcastle and McCormick

(1983) Director
Lou Grant
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7

Lou Grant

(1977) Director
Rome
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8

Rome

(2005) Director
The Bourne Identity
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7

The Bourne Identity

(1988) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2000 Herodes Agrippa
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Directing

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2014 Director
2012 Director
Director
2005 Director
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2004 Director
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Director
2002 Director
2000 Director
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Director
1998 Director
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1997 Director
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Director
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1995 Director
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1994 Director
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1992 Director
1991 Director
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1990 Director
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1988 Director
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1987 Director
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1986 Director
1985 Director
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1984 Director
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1983 Director
1982 Director
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1981 Director
1980 Director
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1977 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2000 Executive Producer
1977 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1995 Teleplay
1994 Teleplay
1991 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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