Robert M. Young
Directing
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).
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Battlestar Galactica
2004
American Playhouse
1982
American Me
1992
Caught
1996
Triumph of the Spirit
1989
Extremities
1986
Short Eyes
1977
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
Saving Grace
1986
One Trick Pony
1980
Berkeley
2005
Rich Kids
1979
To Fly!
1976
Dominick and Eugene
1988
J.T.
1971
Solomon & Sheba
1995
We Are the Children
1987
Talent for the Game
1991
Nothing But a Man
1964
Roosters
1993
Abstraction
1967
Slave of Dreams
1995
Alambrista!
1977
China: The Panda Adventure
2001
Cortile Cascino
1962
Human Error
2004
Netsilik Eskimos, I: At the Autumn River Camp
1967
Netsilik Eskimos, IX: Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice
1967
Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp
1967
Secrets of the Reef
1956
Children of the Fields
1973
Netsilik Eskimos, VII: Fishing at the Stone Weir
1967
Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice
1967
The Plot Against Harry
1971
The Maze
2011
Netsilik Eskimos, VI: Building a Kayak
1967
NBC White Paper: Angola – Journey to a War
1961
The Eskimo: Fight for Life
1970
Netsilik Eskimo, II: At the Caribou Crossing Place
1967
Netsilik Eskimo, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp
1967
Sit-In
1960
At the End of the Santa Fe Trail
2025
Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family
1993
Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout
1967
Faces of Israel 1966
1967