Roger Young

Roger Young

Nascimento : 1942-05-13, Champaign, Illinois, USA

História

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Roger E. Young (born 13 May 1942) is an American TV and film director. He won an Emmy Award in 1980 in Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for Lou Grant (episode: Cop). He was born in Champaign, Illinois. He 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, IN. 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 Topel & Associates. Finally he opened 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" the television series starring Ed Asner. Gene Reynolds, Executive Producer of the show, became Mr. Young's mentor, and in the second season Mr. 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.", and many other pilots... all but one of them being picked up for series. Mr. Young then began to concentrate on long form television: two hour films and mini-series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Young (director) licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

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Filmes

Barrabás
Director
Tentando compreender quem é Jesus, Barrabás, um homem cético e incapaz de compreender a fé cristã, entra em contato com os discípulos de Cristo. Cada um deles dá sua própria visão sobre quem era o Mestre, o que deixa Barrabás ainda mais confuso. Enquanto isso, sua convivência com os discípulos leva Roma a acreditar que Barrabás é um deles. Agora ele precisa enfrentar as consequências.
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
Director
Dean Cain portrays Scott Peterson, the California man accused of murdering his 8 month pregnant wife, Laci. Based on a true story.
Augustus - O Primeiro Imperador
Director
César foi assassinado... Quem o sucederá? Em Tróia, Peter OToole faz o papel de Priamo, o Rei de Tróia, que apesar de ser o maior inimigo do invencível Aquiles (Brad Pitt) é também o único Rei que Aquiles admira! Em Augustus, Peter OToole consegue ser ainda mais carismático do que é em Tróia e prova ser um dos mais completos atores de todos os tempos! Brutus, Marco Antonio, Cléopatra e Augustus fazem parte do contexto de guerras e tramas que rodeiam o poder e são magnificamente espelhados neste surpreendente épico. Augustus, o Primeiro Imperador é uma história envolvente, emocionante e que mostra de forma fascinante como todos os épicos começaram!
Drácula
Director
Headed by the brash young American investment banker Jonathan Barker and his fiancée Mina, a group of young adventurers are seeking new opportunities in Budapest. When the mysterious Count Tepes summons Jonathan to his castle in Romania for an important deal, little does the banker know what horror he is about to unleash upon the world.
Paulo de Tarso
Director
Esta é a história de Saulo de Tarso, perseguidor de cristãos que se tornou no apóstolo Paulo depois que Jesus lhe apareceu em uma visão. Como um dos primeiros missionários cristãos, Paulo levava uma vida de perigo e aventuras. Ele foi aprisionado, torturado, apedrejado, afundaram seu barco, foi atacado por bandidos e inimigos da fé.
Paulo de Tarso
Herodes Agrippa
Esta é a história de Saulo de Tarso, perseguidor de cristãos que se tornou no apóstolo Paulo depois que Jesus lhe apareceu em uma visão. Como um dos primeiros missionários cristãos, Paulo levava uma vida de perigo e aventuras. Ele foi aprisionado, torturado, apedrejado, afundaram seu barco, foi atacado por bandidos e inimigos da fé.
The Thin Blue Lie
Executive Producer
Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann, has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people victimized by a "goon squad" of law enforcement officers.
The Thin Blue Lie
Director
Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann, has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people victimized by a "goon squad" of law enforcement officers.
One Special Night
Director
Builder Robert is visiting his ailing wife in a nursing home and is having problems getting a taxi home due to an intense snow storm. One of the doctors, Katherine offers him a lift home however their car gets stuck and they have to spend the night in an empty cabin nearby. They talk and bond, but afterwards seem to have difficulty beginning a relationship.
Jesus: A Maior História de Todos os Tempos
Director
Não existe personagem da história cuja vida tenha sido mostrada tantas vezes e de maneiras tão diferente a não ser Jesus de Nazaré. Apresenta um Jesus que cativa pela sua simplicidade, pela sua ternura, pelo seu modo de agir e pelo seu entusiasmo.
Uma Cavaleira em Camelot
Director
Uma cientista bem-humorada obtém sucesso com uma de suas invenções mais ousadas: ela consegue viajar através do tempo e vai parar na Inglaterra da Idade Média. Lá, se mete em muitas confusões e ainda conhece Merlin e o rei Artur.
Kiss the Sky
Director
Two professionals, Jeff and Marty, take a business trip to the Philippines. Their deep dissatisfaction with their lives leads them to forsake their friends and families for a return to the alcohol and drug-induced wanderings of their youth.
Salomão
Director
Davi, agora um homem velho, ainda é rei de Israel. Entre seus filhos, o ambicioso Adonias e o inteligente Salomão. Os dois jovens são rivais ferozes, pois ambos são herdeiros em potencial do trono e apenas um pode ser bem-sucedido. Durante uma expedição de caça, Adonijah desafia seu irmão mais novo, Salomão, a uma corrida de carros. Enquanto Salomão, apesar de corajoso, ainda mantém um pouco de cautela, o temerário Adonijah está ansioso por vencer a todo custo e perde o controle de sua carruagem. Salomão leva Adonias, gravemente ferido, de volta a Jerusalém. No caminho, eles encontram a atraente Abishag, que apesar de sua juventude é versada no uso de ervas medicinais. Ela realmente consegue ajudar o príncipe. Adonias se apaixona por Abishag, mas Bate-Seba organiza as coisas para que ela trabalhe para Davi, esperando que sua juventude, sua beleza e seus poderes de cura aliviem o sofrimento do velho rei.
Heart Full of Rain
Director
A young man returns to the family farm after being gone for six years. But it is not until he fights shoulder to shoulder with his father to save the farm from a flood that his father finally forgives him for leaving.
Sisters and Other Strangers
Director
A woman (Joanna Kerns), at odds with her eccentric sister (Debrah Farentino) over a real-estate deal, becomes the prime suspect when the latter is found dead.
Na Mira do FBI
Director
A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day siege, begun over a minor gun charge, resulted in the deaths of Weaver's son, wife and dog, and a U.S. Marshall. The incident caused major public outcry against the FBI and U.S. Marshals.
Moisés
Director
Moisés foi um homem comum chamado por Deus para libertar seu povo, os Israelitas. Sua missão, libertá-los da escravidão no Egito e levá-los para Canaã, a terra prometida. Quando os israelitas correram risco de captura pelo exército do Faraó, Deus dividiu o Mar Vermelho para que Moisés e os que o acompanhavam pudessem fugir. Mais tarde durante a dura jornada, Deus proferiu através de Moisés, Os Dez Mandamentos, a lei divina.
Virus
Writer
Who could have deliberately released a rare and deadly African plague that is now spreading uncontrollably throughout America's largest urban areas? A lone determined doctor desperately and fearlessly searches for the truth, but she soon finds herself targeted for death as well. With time running out to save human kind, Dr. Marissa Blumenthal discovers that the strange disease may have actually been unleashed by the medical establishment itself.
José - O Favorito De Deus
Director
O patriarca Jacob tem preferência por José, entre todos os seus filhos. Esta predileção provoca o ódio de seus irmãos que resolvem vendê-lo como escravo. Quando conhece o Grande Faraó e interpreta seus sonhos corretamente é nomeado Chanceler. José, agora escravo no Egito, resiste às tentativas de sedução da esposa de seu senhorio. Quando conhece o grande faraó e interpreta seus sonhos corretamente é então, nomeado chanceler do reino, salvando o Egito da Fome.José ganha fama e respeito, reencontra seus irmãos e os perdoa, passando a viver com eles e seu pai no novo Egito.
Mortal Fear
Teleplay
um cientista brilhante encontra o elo oculto que pode salvar inúmeras vidas, mas quando um assassino enlouquecido usa a mesma informação para brincar de Deus, milhões estão em risco. A Dra. Jennifer Kessler é a única pessoa que está no caminho do derradeiro desastre médico. Depois de testemunhar uma, dezenas de pacientes em seu hospital misteriosamente e inesperadamente morrem, sua busca pela verdade a leva através de um mundo bizarro de intrigas, paixão e controversas pesquisas médicas secretas. Enquanto o Dr. Kessler corre contra o relógio para encontrar uma maneira de parar a catástrofe, ela se depara com uma conspiração imponente e aterrorizante que implica todo o sistema médico e de seguros dos EUA no processo.
Getting Gotti
Director
Though she grew up in the same neighborhood with him, the new Assistant U.S. Attorney is determined to prosecute Mafia boss John Gotti. Uncooperative FBI agents and bureaucrats will not deter the driven young prosecutor as her quest culminates in the memorable and controversial trial of the "Dapper Don."
O Resgate do Voo 771
Director
Piloto tenta uma arriscada viagem cruzando os mares, mas seu avião sofre uma pane e sai da rota. Um comandante que seguia a mesma rota ajuda-o a pousar seu avião a salvo.
Geronimo
Director
The story of the greatest Native American warrior who, together with the rest of his Apache tribesmen, defied American and Mexican Armies in 1867. Finally caught and sent to a reservation camp, he eluded a military force of 5000 for 18 months before finally surrendering to the government.
For Love and Glory
Director
A failed pilot about a rich Virginia plantation owner and his family caught up in the American Civil War. He has a slave for a mistress, his older son is to marry a working class Irish girl and his younger son promotes the Confederacy.
Doublecrossed
Writer
Based on a true story, this made-for-cable film tells about Barry Seal, a pilot who was a drug smuggler for the infamous Medellin cartel out of Colombia. He was caught by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and decided to turn over and help the DEA break the cartel. However, he got caught in the middle of the Reagan/Bush administration efforts to topple the Nicaraguan government in the '80s, in which Nicaraguan rebels called "contras" were allowed to smuggle cocaine into the US in exchange for their fighting against the leftist Nicaraguan government. Eventually Seal was murdered by his former Medellin employers, and some critics say it was with the tacit, if not implicit, connivance of the US administration.
Doublecrossed
Director
Based on a true story, this made-for-cable film tells about Barry Seal, a pilot who was a drug smuggler for the infamous Medellin cartel out of Colombia. He was caught by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and decided to turn over and help the DEA break the cartel. However, he got caught in the middle of the Reagan/Bush administration efforts to topple the Nicaraguan government in the '80s, in which Nicaraguan rebels called "contras" were allowed to smuggle cocaine into the US in exchange for their fighting against the leftist Nicaraguan government. Eventually Seal was murdered by his former Medellin employers, and some critics say it was with the tacit, if not implicit, connivance of the US administration.
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levis Story
Director
Based on the real-life experiences of Sis Levin, the wife of CNN Reporter Jerry Levin, who was taken hostage in Lebanon by Shiite Fundamentalists in 1984, and her struggle to free him.
Love and Lies
Director
Fact-based story of real-life detective Kim Paris who was assigned to work undercover to find the murderers of an elderly couple who were shot in their beds. The chief suspect (Gallagher) is a charming man who once lived with the daughter of the couple. In acting in her undercover role, she gets too close to the suspect and the two start falling in love.
Assassinato no Mississipi
Director
Em 1964, casal branco se engaja na defesa dos direitos civis dos negros do Mississipi, o mais racista dos estados americanos do Sul. Eles encontram resistência entre brancos e negros e precisam lutar muito para levar adiante seu ideal e continuar vivos.
The Bourne Identity
Director
An unconscious man is washed ashore on the beach of a small French village during a heavy storm. A retired doctor takes care of the unconscious stranger. When the mysterious man recovers, he can't remember a thing...he does not know his name, he does not know where his flashback memories come from, and he does not know why the access code for an anonymous Swiss bank account is implanted in his thigh. As he seeks his own identity, things quickly become dangerous. There are attempts to kill him, he is well known in first class hotels across Europe, and worst of all, there are strange similarities between his memories and reported actions of the notorious terrorist, Carlos the Jackal.
Os Trapaceiros da Loto
Director
Tudo começou quando Rachel Dobs, uma jovem detetive, saiu atrás da pista de Harry Berg, um artista excêntrico e caloteiro. Ela nem imagina o aperto em que iria se meter. Juntos, Harry e Rachel acabam descobrindo a grande trama: um golpe de mais de 50 milhões de dólares contra a loteria do Estado de Nova York, envolvendo gente poderosa e, principalmente, muito perigosa. Conseguirão Harry e Rachel escapar dos terríveis bandidos e ainda evitar esta fraude?
Amor Entre Ladrões
Director
História romântica de roubo de mistério sobre uma baronesa e pianista que é forçada a roubar alguns ovos Fabergé inestimáveis ​​e entregá-los para resgatar seu noivo sequestrado na América Latina. Caroline DuLac, uma baronesa e pianista concertista, rouba três ovos Fabergé incrustados de joias de um museu de São Francisco. Os ovos foram exigidos como pagamento de resgate por seu noivo sequestrado. Ela embarca em um avião para a cidade latino-americana de Ladera, conforme instruções, e é recebida por Mike Chambers. Caroline primeiro acredita que Mike é um dos sequestradores, até que um homem misterioso com uma capa impermeável tenta matá-la e Mike vem em seu socorro. Ambos são capturados por um bando de bandidos mexicanos, que também podem ou não fazer parte do esquema.
Under Siege
Director
Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. FBI probes indicate that the attack is by Arab terrorists led by Iranians. Subsequent attacks are via airplanes exploded in mid-air, crowded restaurants, and an attack on a mall. Administration cabinet heads push the President to retaliate. The director of the FBI believes that there may be more to the story than the investigation has revealed and the Secretary of Defense is the only other person urging caution.
Desaparecido no Ar
Director
Ellen Burstyn stars as Joan Walker, a mother whose college student son vanishes while traveling from Canada to Colorado. When police fail to investigate, Walker takes matters into her own hands. She and her ex-husband begin a search, but when their son's van is found in Maine brandishing stolen plates, they fear the worst. Now, it's up to a private detective to uncover the chilling truth in this absorbing drama based on a true story.
Gulag
Director
Mickey Almon is a sports star turned reporter covering the athletics in Moscow. Framed by the KGB and forced to confess that he was spying for America, he is sentenced to detention in a Gulag, a barbaric prison camp in the wilds of Siberia. Unable to prove his innocence, Mickey must either put up with the inhuman conditions or engineer an escape.
Lassiter, Um Ladrão Quase Perfeito
Director
Scotland Yard and the FBI force a thief and his girlfriend to steal Nazi diamonds from a German countess.
Two of a Kind
Director
Nolie has just turned 21 but is retarded and acts more like 8. While claiming that she only wants to help him, his "smother" actually likes things that way. One day Nolie visits his beloved grandfather in a rest home and is horrified at how the old man has deteriorated, vegetating in his wheelchair. He realizes that this is partly due to the medication the nurses are giving him. Nolie decides that he must rehabilitate Grandpa himself, since no one else cares. Furthermore, he and Grandpa must keep their project a secret. It's a job for a man, and time for Nolie to become one.
Dreams Don't Die
Director
Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New York City. Officer Charles Banks finds young Danny tagging subway cars and then catches Teiresa selling drugs for another mislead teen, Kirk. The officer, instead of turning both of them in, gives both teens a chance to make more of their lives together. Changing their ways turns out to be more challenging than first thought.
An Innocent Love
Director
This romantic drama focuses on the romance between a 14-year-old mathematics genius and a 19-year-old All-American volleyball player.
Bitter Harvest
Director
A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the politically-explosive investigation of how his farm, family, and friends came to be poisoned.