Robert Milton Young

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

Young also developed an interest in filmmaking and graduated from Harvard in 1949.

Career After graduation, Young formed a cooperative partnership with two friends making educational films. In 1960, he worked for NBC making public affairs programs for NBC White Paper. In 1960, on behalf of NBC, he went to the American South to make the film Sit-In about the civil rights protests and sit-ins. The film won a Peabody Award.

Young later left NBC to pursue narrative film work.

In 1985 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.

Death Young died in Los Angeles on February 6, 2024, at the age of 99.

Filmography

Filmmaking credits

Feature films

Documentaries Cancelled film: Cortile Cascino (1962)

Television

Technical credits

Feature films

Documentaries and other

Television