Roger Young

Roger E. Young (born May 13, 1942 in Champaign, Illinois) is an American television and film director.

Career Young 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. He 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 for Topel & Associates, before opening 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. Gene Reynolds, executive producer of the show, became Young's mentor, and in the second season 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.. Young directed several other pilots, all but one of which was turned into a series. Young then began to concentrate on films and mini-series. Young has written five teleplays that have been produced. His episodic work include Rome, The Closer and Law & Order: LA.

Filmography Year Name Type CreditsRef Director Writer Producer 1977 Something for Joey TV film 1981 Bitter Harvest TV film 1982 An Innocent Love TV film 1982 Dreams Don't Die TV film 1982 Two of a Kind TV film 1984 Lassiter Film 1985 Gulag TV film 1985 Into Thin Air TV film 1986 Under Siege TV film 1987 Love Among Thieves TV film 1988 The Bourne Identity TV film 1990 Murder in Mississippi TV film 1990 Love and Lies TV film 1991 Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story TV film 1991 Doublecrossed TV film 1991 Nightmare in Columbia County TV film 1992 Jewels TV film 1993 For Love and Glory TV film 1993 Geronimo TV film 1993 Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 TV film 1994 Getting Gotti TV film 1994 Mortal Fear TV film 1995 Virus TV film 1995 Joseph TV film 1995 Moses TV film 1996 The Siege at Ruby Ridge TV film 1997 Sisters and Other Strangers TV film 1997 Heart Full of Rain TV film 1997 Final Descent TV film 1997 Solomon TV film 1998 A Knight in Camelot TV film 1999 Kiss the Sky Film 1999 Jesus TV film 1999 One Special Night TV film 2000 Paul the Apostle TV film 2000 The Thin Blue Lie TV film 2002 Dracula Miniseries 2003 Imperium: Augustus TV film 2004 The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story TV film 2005 Hercules Miniseries 2012 Barabbas Miniseries 2014 The Red Tent Miniseries

Awards and nominations Directors Guild of America Award: "Lou Grant" Directors Guild of America Award: "Lou Grant" Emmy Award: Directorial Achievement, "Lou Grant" Emmy nomination: Directorial Achievement, "Bitter Harvest" Humanitas Award: "Bitter Harvest" Humanitas Award: "Two of a Kind" ACE Award nomination: Directorial Achievement, "Gulag" ACE Award nomination: Best Picture, "Gulag" Emmy nomination: Best Mini-Series, "Bourne Identity" Golden Globe nomination: Best Mini-Series, "Bourne Identity" Emmy nomination: Best Film, "Murder in Mississippi" Directors Guild of America Award: Directorial Achievement, "Murder in Mississippi" ACE Award: Best Motion Picture, "DoubleCrossed" Golden Globe nomination: Best Picture, "Jewels" Emmy Award: Best Mini-Series, "Joseph" Emmy nomination: Best Mini-Series, "Moses" Emmy nomination: Best Mini-Series, "Jesus"