Robert M. 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 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).

Crew

Slave of Dreams

Director

Talent for the Game

Director

One Trick Pony

Director

Extremities

Director

Caught

Director

Dominick and Eugene

Director

Short Eyes

Director

Triumph of the Spirit

Director

Nothing But a Man

Producer, Director of Photography, Writer

Rich Kids

Director

China: The Panda Adventure

Director

Saving Grace

Director

Solomon & Sheba

Director

Alambrista!

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

Cortile Cascino

Director of Photography, Editor, Director

Faces of Israel 1966

Director of Photography

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

Director, Screenplay

Secrets of the Reef

Writer, Director, Director of Photography

Roosters

Director

American Me

Producer, Camera Operator

To Fly!

Writer

The Maze

Director

Children of the Fields

Director

J.T.

Director

Berkeley

Additional Director of Photography

Human Error

Director

Sit-In

Director

The Plot Against Harry

Producer, Director of Photography

At the End of the Santa Fe Trail

Writer

Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family

Director of Photography, Editor

Abstraction

Director, Producer

We Are the Children

Director