Robert M. Young, the adventurous director who called the shots for Edward James Olmos in The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, Farrah Fawcett in Extremities and Tom Hulce and Ray Liotta in Dominick and Eugene, died Feb. 6, his son Andrew announced. He was 99.
After getting his start in educational and documentary films, Young also directed the 1969 Peabody-winning CBS telefilm J.T., written by Jane Wagner. Revolving around a Harlem youngster (Kevin Hooks) and an alley cat, it bowed on a Saturday afternoon and was repeated in primetime as the network preempted its most popular show, Gunsmoke.
Young also served as cinematographer, producer and co-writer with director Michael Roemer on the critically acclaimed drama Nothing But a Man (1964), featuring Ivan Dixon and jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln as a struggling young Black couple in Alabama.
Young made his feature directorial debut with Short Eyes (1977), which starred Bruce Davison, José Pérez and several real-life prisoners...
After getting his start in educational and documentary films, Young also directed the 1969 Peabody-winning CBS telefilm J.T., written by Jane Wagner. Revolving around a Harlem youngster (Kevin Hooks) and an alley cat, it bowed on a Saturday afternoon and was repeated in primetime as the network preempted its most popular show, Gunsmoke.
Young also served as cinematographer, producer and co-writer with director Michael Roemer on the critically acclaimed drama Nothing But a Man (1964), featuring Ivan Dixon and jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln as a struggling young Black couple in Alabama.
Young made his feature directorial debut with Short Eyes (1977), which starred Bruce Davison, José Pérez and several real-life prisoners...
- 2/13/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: StudioCanal is returning to the UK television production investment scene as it finalizes a deal with an outfit co-founded by a Vigil and Downton Abbey director.
The French production group will back Strong Film & Television, which was co-founded by BAFTA-winner James Strong and Matt Tombs, a former BBC and Paramount executive.
Strong Film & Television was established in late 2020 and appears to have added Loretta Preece to its ranks. Preece was most recently the series producer on Casualty, the long-running, BAFTA-winning BBC continuing drama.
StudioCanal is close to finalizing an announcement for the investment, which would mark one of its first notable television deals in the UK for years.
In 2016, the Canal+ Group company took stakes in Urban Myth Films, producer of Fox’s War of the Worlds, and SunnyMarch, co-founded by Benedict Cumberbatch.
StudioCanal has not been inactive in the acquisitions space but has focused on cementing its positions in existing partners,...
The French production group will back Strong Film & Television, which was co-founded by BAFTA-winner James Strong and Matt Tombs, a former BBC and Paramount executive.
Strong Film & Television was established in late 2020 and appears to have added Loretta Preece to its ranks. Preece was most recently the series producer on Casualty, the long-running, BAFTA-winning BBC continuing drama.
StudioCanal is close to finalizing an announcement for the investment, which would mark one of its first notable television deals in the UK for years.
In 2016, the Canal+ Group company took stakes in Urban Myth Films, producer of Fox’s War of the Worlds, and SunnyMarch, co-founded by Benedict Cumberbatch.
StudioCanal has not been inactive in the acquisitions space but has focused on cementing its positions in existing partners,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Entertainment PR firm Relevant has promoted Alex Kahn to Senior Vice President, Julia Scorupco to Junior Publicist and has added Alexa Tombs as a Senior Publicist in the New York office.
“We are so proud to be expanding our company by both promoting from within, which has always been important to us, and by finding someone new who we feel is a perfect addition,” Relevant’s partners said. “Alex Kahn has been with us from the beginning and shares our unique vision. We are excited for her to continue to grow in her leadership role within the company. Alexa Tombs’ studio background offers a fresh perspective to our strategy, and Julia Scorupco is one of the rising stars in our company.”
Kahn, based in New York, has been with Relevant since its inception and has led campaigns for clients including Saoirse Ronan, Margaret Qualley, Murray Bartlett, Jonathan Bailey, Odessa Young,...
“We are so proud to be expanding our company by both promoting from within, which has always been important to us, and by finding someone new who we feel is a perfect addition,” Relevant’s partners said. “Alex Kahn has been with us from the beginning and shares our unique vision. We are excited for her to continue to grow in her leadership role within the company. Alexa Tombs’ studio background offers a fresh perspective to our strategy, and Julia Scorupco is one of the rising stars in our company.”
Kahn, based in New York, has been with Relevant since its inception and has led campaigns for clients including Saoirse Ronan, Margaret Qualley, Murray Bartlett, Jonathan Bailey, Odessa Young,...
- 6/29/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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