Robert M Young

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AKA: Robert Milton Young, Robert Young
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 11/22/1924
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

biography

New York filmmaker who collaborated on a number of documentaries with Michael Roemer in the 1960s, notably "Cortile Cascino/The Inferno" (1962), shot for the NBC series "White Paper" but deemed too controversial to air. Young's first fiction feature as a director was the 1977 adaptation of Miguel Pinero's harrowing stage play "Short Eyes".

Young's films are noted for their gritty, unglamorous qualities and fine use of locations. Highlights include "Rich Kids" (1979), a realistic portrait of two upper-class Manhattan juveniles watching their parents' world fall apart, "Alambrista!" (1978), about Continued

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1996
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1963
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milestones

Year
Milestone
1956 
Co-directed (with Murray Lerner and Lloyd Ritter) the feature-length documentary "Secrets of the Reef"
1962 
Co-directed (with Michael Roemer), edited, photographed and wrote documentary "Cortile Cascino/The Inferno" (58 mins) for NBC series "White Paper"; considered too controversial to air
1964 
First fiction feature as co-producer and co-writer (with director Michael Roemer), "Nothing But a Man"
1977 
Fiction feature directing debut, "Short Eyes"
1987 
TV movie directing debut, "We Are the Children"

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