Robert M. Young
Young has made numerous other prize-winning documentaries.  Among them are, The Maze, In the World of Sharks and the National Geographic Specials, Man of the Serengeti, Bushmen of the Kalahari and The Great Apes. In 1964 Young lived in an igloo above the Arctic Circle to capture the winter life of the Netsilik Eskimos.  The project was sponsored by the National Science foundation and the Ford Foundation. It is the most accurate record of their traditional life.   His first dramatic film for television, JT received a Peabody Award.

For his first narrative feature, Young co-wrote, co-produced and photographed Nothing But a Man, winning two major prizes at the Venice Film Festival, as well as making numerous ten best lists.  Nothing But a Man, also distinguished by  being Malcolm X’s favorite film, was elected to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1994.  Young’s first fictional feature film as writer/director and cinematographer, Alambrista!  about a young Mexican who illegally crosses into the United States, won the coveted Camera d’Or for Best First Feature at the Cannes Film Festival and Best Feature at the San Sebastian Film Festival.  A  Director’s cut of Alambrista! is currently being released through the sponsorship of the Ford Foundation.

Young also produced American Me with Edward James Olmos.  He also produced and photographed The Plot Against Harry for which he received an Indie Spirit nomination for Best Picture as well as Best Cinematographer.

Young’s other features include: Talent for the Game, Saving Grace, We Are The Children, Roosters, and Showtime’s Slave of Dreams and Solomon and Sheba, both filmed on location in Morocco.  He also directed several episodes of ABC’s Nothing Sacred.  His next theatrical feature film was Caught .which received an Indie Spirit Nomination for Best Director.  

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