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  • BIRTH 13/05/1942
  • Country United States
  • DIRECTOR 21

Roger Young

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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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Roger Young

Director (21)

Rome
Rome
(1 episode)
The Closer
The Closer
(3 episodes)
Law & Order
Law & Order
(2 episodes)
Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
(2 episodes)
Knots Landing
Knots Landing
(3 episodes)
Geronimo
Geronimo
Hardcastle and McCormick
Hardcastle and McCormick
(2 episodes)
Lassiter
Lassiter
A Knight in Camelot
A Knight in Camelot
Solomon
Solomon
Gulag
Gulag
Into Thin Air
Into Thin Air
The Squeeze
The Squeeze
For Love and Glory
For Love and Glory
Love Among Thieves
Love Among Thieves
Moses
Moses
Saint Paul
Saint Paul
Lou Grant
Lou Grant
(14 episodes)
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771
Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771
Solomon
Solomon