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Robert Milton Young

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American film director (1924-2024)

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Robert Milton Young 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!

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Filmography 32

American Me1992 · ★ 7.4
Extremities1986 · ★ 6.1
Triumph of the Spirit1989 · ★ 6.6
Caught1996
Dominick and Eugene1988
Short Eyes1977
Nothing But a Man1964
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez1983
Alambrista!1977
Rich Kids1979
The Plot Against Harry1990
One Trick Pony1980
To Fly!1976
Solomon & Sheba1995
Saving Grace1986
China: The Panda Adventure2001
Talent for the Game1991
Roosters1993
Slave of Dreams1995
Netsilik Eskimos, IV: Group Hunting on the Spring Ice1967
We Are the Children1987
Cortile Cascino1962
J.T.1971
Secrets of the Reef1956
Human Error2004
The Eskimo: Fight for Life1970
Sit-In1960
The Maze2011
At the End of the Santa Fe Trail2025
NBC White Paper: Angola - Journey to a War1961
Abstraction1967
Children of the Fields1973

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Television 1

Battlestar Galactica2004

Awards 5

1961George Polk Award
1960George Polk Award
Peabody Awards
Emmy Award
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Robert Milton Young 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).

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2024 · aged 99
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13 languages

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