Robert M. Young
Encyclopedia
Robert Malcolm Young, usually known as Robert M. Young (born November 22, 1924 in New York
), is an American
multi-award winning screenwriter
, director
, cinematographer
and producer.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
), is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
multi-award winning screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
and producer.
Awards
- Venice’s Primo San Georgio and The City of Venice Prize, at the Venice Film Festival, for Nothing But a Man
- Camera d’Or for Best First Feature at the Cannes Film Festival for Alambrista!
- Best Feature at the San Sebastian Film Festival, for Alambrista!
- Indie Spirit nomination for Best Picture as well as Best Cinematographer, The Plot Against Harry.
- Indie Spirit Nomination for Best Director, for Caught
- Cuba’s Golden Coral for Best Film
- Emmy
- 1960 Peabody AwardPeabody AwardThe George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. In 1939, the National Association of Broadcasters formed a committee to recognize outstanding achievement in radio broadcasting...
- 1960; 1961 George Polk Award for Journalism
- 1961 Hillman Prize
- Academy Award Nomination for Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family
- Grand Jury Prize at Sundance for Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family
Filmography
- Nothing But a Man, 1964 co-produced and photographed
- To Fly!To Fly!To Fly! is a documentary film shot in the IMAX format. It follows the history of flight, from the first hot air balloons in the 19th century to 20th century manned space missions. It was created for performance at the National Air and Space Museum's IMAX Theater in Washington, D.C.It was written...
1976 writer - Alambrista! 1977 writer/director and cinematographer, about a young Mexican who illegally crosses into the United States
- American Me, 1992 produced with Edward James OlmosEdward James OlmosEdward James Olmos is an American actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt...
- The Plot Against Harry 1989 produced and photographed
- Talent for the Game
- Saving Grace 1986
- ExtremitiesExtremities (film)Extremities is a 1986 film starring Farrah Fawcett, Alfre Woodard, Diana Scarwid and James Russo. It was adapted from the successful, yet controversial, 1982 off-Broadway play by William Mastrosimone. Farrah Fawcett had also appeared in the play to great critical acclaim, taking over a role...
(1986) – director - We Are The Children 1993
- Roosters 1993
- Caught 1996
- Panda: The China Adventure 2001 Imax film director
- Human Error 2004
- William Kurelek's The Maze 2011 co-directed with David GrubinDavid GrubinDavid Grubin is an American documentary filmmaker, who has produced and directed numerous films, many of which are best-known from airing on PBS.-Filmography:*The Great Air Race of 1924 *LBJ *FDR...
Television
- Slave of Dreams Showtime filmed on location in MoroccoMoroccoMorocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
- SolomonSolomonSolomon , according to the Book of Kings and the Book of Chronicles, a King of Israel and according to the Talmud one of the 48 prophets, is identified as the son of David, also called Jedidiah in 2 Samuel 12:25, and is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, and the final king before...
and ShebaShebaSheba was a kingdom mentioned in the Jewish scriptures and the Qur'an...
, Showtime, on location in Morocco. - Nothing Sacred ABC directed
- True to the Game, ITVS, directed, written by a young African-American woman about life in Harlem.
- "La Estrella", American Family directed
Criticism
- "Film in Review; Human Error", The New York Times, NED MARTEL, September 16, 2005
- "Fishwife Meets Drifter, And All Take a Plunge", The New York Times, JANET MASLIN, September 25, 1996
- "Films Surprisingly Yielding Surprises", The New York Times, MARGO JEFFERSON, December 31, 1996