Young, Roger 1942–

PERSONAL

Full name, Roger E. Young; born May 13, 1942, in Champaign, IL; son of Lester E. (a pilot) and Irma (a secretary) Young. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S., 1965, and M.S.

Addresses: Agent—Steve Glick, International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career: Director, producer, and writer.

Member: Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America.

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award, outstanding directing in a drama series, 1980, Directors Guild of America Awards (with others), outstanding directorial achievement in a dramatic series, 1980, for "Cop," and 1981, for "Lou," all Lou Grant; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing in a limited series or a special, 1981, for Bitter Harvest; Christopher Award, 1981; Humanitas Award, Human Family Educational and Cultural Institute, 1983, for Two of a Kind; Annual CableACE Award nomination, directorial achievement, National Cable Television Association, 1985, for Gulag; Directors Guild of America Award, outstanding directorial achievement for a television dramatic special, 1991, for Murder in Mississippi.

CREDITS

Television Director; Movies:

Bitter Harvest, NBC, 1981.

An Innocent Love (also known as One Starry Night), CBS, 1982.

Dreams Don't Die, ABC, 1982.

"Two of a Kind," General Electric Theatre (also known as G.E. Theatre), CBS, 1982.

Gulag, HBO, 1985.

Into Thin Air, CBS, 1985.

Under Siege, NBC, 1986.

Love Among Thieves (also known as Here a Thief, There a Thief and King of a Lady), ABC, 1987.

True Betrayal (also known as The Kim Paris Story and Love and Lies), ABC, 1990.

Murder in Mississippi, NBC, 1990.

Doublecrossed (also known as The True Story of Barry Seal), HBO, 1991.

Nightmare in Columbia County (also known as Victim of Beauty), CBS, 1991.

Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story (also known as Forgotten: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story), ABC, 1991.

Death of Innocence, CBS, 1991.

Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771, NBC, 1993.

Geronimo, TNT, 1993.

For Love and Glory (also known as Elysian Fields and Shenandoah), CBS, 1993.

Getting Gotti, CBS, 1994.

Sisters and Other Strangers (also known as Suspicion of Innocence), CBS, 1997.

Heart Full of Rain, CBS, 1997.

Kiss the Sky, The Movie Channel, 1998.

A Knight in Camelot, ABC, 1998.

One Special Night, CBS, 1999.

Sao Paolo (also known as The Bible: Paul of Tarsos, Saint Paul, St. Paul, Die Bibel—Paulus, and Paulus), Trinity Broadcasting Network, 2000.

(And executive producer) The Thin Blue Lie, Showtime, 2000.

Dracula (also known as Dracula's Curse and Il bacio de Dracula), 2002.

Imperium: Augustus (also known as Augustus, Augustus: The First Emperor, Imperium: Augusto, and Mein vater, der kaiser), 2003.

The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story, USA Network, 2004.

Hercules, NBC, 2005.

Television Director; Miniseries:

The Bourne Identity, ABC, 1988.

Jewels (also known as Danielle Steel's "Jewels"), NBC, 1992.

Joseph (also known as The Bible: Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Die Bibel: Josef), TNT, 1995.

Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy (also known as Every Knee Shall Bow: The Siege at Ruby Ridge and The Siege at Ruby Ridge), CBS, 1996.

Moses (also known as The Bible: Moses, Die Bibel-Moses, and La Bible: Moise), TNT, 1996.

Solomon (also known as Die Bibel-Salomon and Salomone), 1997, then PAX, 2000.

Jesus (also known as Die Bibel-Jesus and La Bibbia: Jesus), CBS, 2000.

Television Director; Pilots:

Lou Grant, CBS, 1977.

Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1980.

The Bureau, 1981.

Hardcastle and McCormick, ABC, 1983.

Dick and Tracy, 1984.

Legmen, NBC, 1984.

Eye to Eye, 1985.

Ohara, ABC, 1987.

The Kids Are All Right, 1989.

Hearts Are Wild, CBS, 1992.

Shenandoah, 1992.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Cop," Lou Grant, CBS, 1979.

"Lou," Lou Grant, CBS, 1980.

"Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii," Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1980.

Men, ABC, 1989.

Director of about a dozen additional episodes of Lou Grant, CBS; also director, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Knots Landing, CBS.

Television Work; Other:

Associate producer, Something for Joey, 1977.

Producer, The Critical List (miniseries), 1978.

Also associate producer of the series Lou Grant, CBS.

Television Appearances; Specials:

13th Cable Ace Awards, 1991.

Interviewee, Magnum P.I.: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

Film Director:

Lassiter, Warner Bros., 1984.

The Squeeze, TriStar, 1987.

WRITINGS

Television Movies:

Doublecrossed (also known as The True Story of Barry Seal; also based on story by Young), HBO, 1991.

Mortal Fear (also known as Robin Cook's "Mortal Fear"), NBC, 1994.

Virus (also known as Formula for Death, Outbreak, Robin Cook's Formula for Death, and Robin Cook's "Virus"), NBC, 1995.

Final Descent (also known as The Flight of Angel 270 and The Glass Cockpit), CBS, 1997.

Dracula (also known as Dracula's Curse and Il bacio de Dracula), 2002.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Roger Young Web Site, http://www.geocities.com/ rogereyoung, July 5, 2006.