Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
Home DramaAlert

Groundbreaking Independent Film Director, Camera d’Or And Peabody Award Winner Was 99

rmtsa by rmtsa
February 10, 2024
in DramaAlert
0
Groundbreaking Independent Film Director, Camera d’Or And Peabody Award Winner Was 99
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


You might also like

Stephen A. Smith Fires Back At Michelle Obama • Hollywood Unlocked

Chad Johnson Says Ja’Marr Chase Is Best Receiver in Bengals History

Hip-Hop Music Producer Hitman Howie Tee Dead At 61

Robert M. Young, whose 70-year career included independent and studio documentaries, narrative features, and episodes of Battlestar: Galactica, died Tuesday in Los Angeles at 99. His death was confirmed in a Facebook post by his son.

Two of his films have recently been added to the Library of Congress Film Registry. They include ¡Alambrista! (1977), a film about the life of an undocumented Mexican immigrant, which won the Camera d’Or for best first film at Cannes, and The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, (1982), one of Young’s eight films with actor Edward James Olmos. Based on a true story that inspired a corrido, it tells of a man on the run after a confrontation with police.

Both films are also part of the Criterion Collection.

Those films represented a recurring theme of Young’s career, one which showed his interest in bringing social issues to wider attention.

“We lose important people all the time, but then there are those who embodied a spirit that is truly original. Bob Young was one of those,” former Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper said in a statement to IndieWire.

“I fondly remember him as an indie cowboy…a rebel…and a believer in the power of cinema. His love of cinema was infectious and deep. He was always there to contribute in knowledge and talent to anyone lucky enough to be in his path. I was on his road many times and I felt lucky to know him. I also felt proud to celebrate him whenever he found his way to Sundance. I thought he would live forever… but now we must say a fond goodbye. I do it with gratitude for all he shared with the world.”

Robert Milton Young was born in New York. After attending MIT, he served in the Navy in the South Pacific as part of a photographic unit in World War II, then graduated from Harvard.

He began his career making scientific films, which led to early directing and cinematography credits on documentaries.

In 1960, working for NBC News, his film Sit-In, which contained footage of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the early days of his civil rights movement, won a Peabody Award. It would lead to his involvement with Nothing but a Man, (1964), directed by Michael Roemer, for which he was cinematographer, cowriter and coproducer.

His first solo feature as director was Short Eyes (,1977), an independently-made adaptation of Miguel Piñero’s play, starring Bruce Davison as an accused child rapist in a New York jail. Alambrista! followed, then two-studio titles, Rich Kids and One-Trick Pony, the latter with Paul Simon.

His career included Extremities with Farrah Fawcett, Dominick and Eugene with Tom Hulce and Ray Liotta, Triumph of the Spirit with Willem Dafoe, and American Me, set among Mexican-American gangs in prison.

Young is survived by his wife Lili, sons Andrew, Nick, and Zack, daughters Melissa and Sarah, and nine grandchildren. Plans for a memorial are pending.



Source link

Tags: AWARDcameraDirectorDOrFilmGroundbreakingIndependentPeabodyWinner
Share30Tweet19
rmtsa

rmtsa

Recommended For You

Stephen A. Smith Fires Back At Michelle Obama • Hollywood Unlocked

by rmtsa
August 4, 2025
0
Stephen A. Smith Fires Back At Michelle Obama • Hollywood Unlocked

Stephen A. Smith Fires Back At Michelle Obama’s Real Housewives Comments Stephen A. Smith isn’t staying quiet after Michelle Obama had some choice words for ESPN and his...

Read more

Chad Johnson Says Ja’Marr Chase Is Best Receiver in Bengals History

by rmtsa
August 4, 2025
0
Chad Johnson Says Ja’Marr Chase Is Best Receiver in Bengals History

Chad Johnson Ja'Marr Chase Is ... The Best Bengals WR Ever!!! Published August 4, 2025 12:30 AM PDT Play video content TMZSports.com Sorry, A.J. Green ... Chad Johnson...

Read more

Hip-Hop Music Producer Hitman Howie Tee Dead At 61

by rmtsa
August 4, 2025
0
Hip-Hop Music Producer Hitman Howie Tee Dead At 61

by Cedric 'BIG CED' Thornton August 3, 2025 He worked with artists like Special Ed, Chubb Rock, The Real Roxanne, U.T.F.O and Color Me Badd. Legendary music producer...

Read more

Soulja Boy Arrested On Suspected Weapons Charge During Traffic Stop

by rmtsa
August 3, 2025
0
Soulja Boy Arrested On Suspected Weapons Charge During Traffic Stop

Rapper Soulja Boy was arrested on a suspected weapons charge during a traffic stop in Melrose earlier today, according to multiple media reports. NBC Los Angeles, which first...

Read more

Justin Trudeau spotted at Katy Perry’s Montreal concert with his daughter – National

by rmtsa
August 3, 2025
0
Justin Trudeau spotted at Katy Perry’s Montreal concert with his daughter – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Justin Trudeau was spotted at a Katy Perry concert in Montreal on Wednesday night, days after the pop star and...

Read more
Next Post
Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 3 Episode 10 Review: Made You Look

Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 3 Episode 10 Review: Made You Look

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Browse by Category

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized

CATEGORIES

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized
No Result
View All Result

Recent News

  • Hi r/movies! I’m Joe Begos! Filmmaker behind VFW, Bliss, & Christmas Bloody Christmas. My new movie Jimmy and Stiggs is a blood-drenched, alien-infested, DIY sci-fi horror shot over 4 years in my apartment with a crew of maniacs & hand-built effects. Coming to theaters on August 15. Ask Me Anything!
  • King Combs Talks Fam Thoughts: Diddy Trial, Verdict, Sentencing
  • Stephen Colbert to Guest Star as Talk Show Host

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In