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| '''Robert Milton Young''' (November 22, 1924 – February 6, 2024) was an American film and television director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and producer who directed five episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]] across four seasons.<ref group="external" name="televisionacademy_young_bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/robert-m-young#:~:text=Robert%20M.%20Young%20was%20an%20American%20director|title=Robert M. Young|publisher=Television Academy|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> His career ran from civil rights documentaries for NBC in the 1960s through independent features and network television into the final decade of his life.<ref group="external" name="talkhouse_munch_rmy_career_span">{{cite web|url=https://www.talkhouse.com/staunchly-independent-a-personal-remembrance-of-robert-m-young/#:~:text=his%20work%20spanned%20more%20than%20seven%20decades|title=Staunchly Independent: A Personal Remembrance of Robert M. Young|author=Munch, Christopher|publisher=Talkhouse|date=April 15, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref>
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| == Career ==
| | '''Full Name''': Robert Young |
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| === Early life and education ===
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| Young's father, [[w:Al Young (film laboratory owner)|Al Young]], founded [[w:DuArt Film Laboratories|DuArt Film Laboratories]] in 1922.<ref group="external" name="thr_young_obit_duart">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-m-young-dead-extremities-dominick-eugene-1235823595/#:~:text=His%20father%2C%20Al%20Young%2C%20was%20a%20onetime%20camera%20operator%20who%20in%201922%20founded%20DuArt|title=Robert M. Young, 'Extremities' and 'Dominick and Eugene' Director, Dies at 99|author=Barnes, Mike|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 13, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> His uncle, lyricist [[w:Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]], is a member of the [[w:Songwriters Hall of Fame|Songwriters Hall of Fame]].<ref group="external" name="thr_young_obit_uncle_joe">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-m-young-dead-extremities-dominick-eugene-1235823595/#:~:text=his%20uncle%20Joe%20Young%20%28%22I%27m%20Gonna%20Sit%20Right%20Down%20and%20Write%20Myself%20a%20Letter%22%29%20is%20a%20member%20of%20the%20Songwriters%20Hall%20of%20Fame|title=Robert M. Young, 'Extremities' and 'Dominick and Eugene' Director, Dies at 99|author=Barnes, Mike|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 13, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> Young enrolled at the [[w:Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] at age sixteen to study chemical engineering but left after two years to serve in the [[w:United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] during [[w:World War II|World War II]], working as a photographer in the Pacific theatre in [[w:New Guinea|New Guinea]] and the [[w:Philippines|Philippines]].<ref group="external" name="thr_young_obit_mit_navy">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-m-young-dead-extremities-dominick-eugene-1235823595/#:~:text=Young%20began%20at%20the%20Massachusetts%20Institute%20of%20Technology%20when%20he%20was%2016|title=Robert M. Young, 'Extremities' and 'Dominick and Eugene' Director, Dies at 99|author=Barnes, Mike|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 13, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> He graduated from [[w:Harvard University|Harvard University]] in 1949 with a degree in English literature.<ref group="external" name="dga_young_visual_history_harvard">{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Craft/VisualHistory/Interviews/Robert-Young#:~:text=Following%20the%20war%20he%20attended%20Harvard%20University%20where%20he%20studied%20English%20literature|title=Visual History with Robert Young|publisher=Directors Guild of America|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref>
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| After graduation Young co-founded a cooperative that produced educational films, then joined the [[w:NBC White Paper|NBC White Paper]] public affairs program in 1960, directing ''Sit-In'' (1960), a Peabody Award-winning documentary on the American civil rights sit-in movement narrated by NBC News anchor [[w:Chet Huntley|Chet Huntley]], and ''Angola: Journey to War'' (1961).<ref group="external" name="thr_young_obit_nbc_sit_in">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-m-young-dead-extremities-dominick-eugene-1235823595/#:~:text=traveling%20to%20the%20American%20South%20to%20make%20the%20Peabody-winning%20Sit-In|title=Robert M. Young, 'Extremities' and 'Dominick and Eugene' Director, Dies at 99|author=Barnes, Mike|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 13, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> NBC pulled his 1961 documentary ''Cortile Cascino'' — a film about a family living in a [[w:Palermo|Palermo]] slum — from the schedule two days before broadcast; Young quit the network and began directing independently.<ref group="external" name="thr_young_obit_nbc_cortile_cascino">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-m-young-dead-extremities-dominick-eugene-1235823595/#:~:text=When%20NBC%20refused%20to%20air%20his%20film%20about%20a%20family%20living%20in%20the%20slums%20of%20Palermo%2C%20Sicily%2C%20three%20days%20before%20it%20was%20to%20air%2C%20he%20quit|title=Robert M. Young, 'Extremities' and 'Dominick and Eugene' Director, Dies at 99|author=Barnes, Mike|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 13, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref>
| | == Biographical Notes == |
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| === Documentary work ===
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| Through the 1960s and 1970s, Young directed and photographed [[w:National Geographic Society|National Geographic Society]] documentary specials produced under David Wolper, among them ''Man of Serengeti'' (1972), ''The Last Tribes of Mindanao'' (1972), ''Bushmen of the Kalahari'' (1974), and ''Search for the Great Apes'' (1976), for which he traveled deep into Indonesian Borneo with primatologist [[w:Biruté Galdikas|Biruté Galdikas]] to document her work with orangutans.<ref group="external" name="talkhouse_munch_borneo_galdikas">{{cite web|url=https://www.talkhouse.com/staunchly-independent-a-personal-remembrance-of-robert-m-young/#:~:text=he%20accompanied%20primatologist%20Biru%C5%A5%C4%97%20Galdikas%20upriver%2C%20deep%20into%20Indonesian%20Borneo|title=Staunchly Independent: A Personal Remembrance of Robert M. Young|author=Munch, Christopher|publisher=Talkhouse|date=April 15, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> In 1993, his documentary ''Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family'' — assembled in part from his long-suppressed 1961 ''Cortile Cascino'' footage, which a former NBC employee had saved from destruction — won the Grand Jury Prize for documentary at the [[w:Sundance Film Festival|Sundance Film Festival]].<ref group="external" name="thr_young_obit_children_fate_sundance">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-m-young-dead-extremities-dominick-eugene-1235823595/#:~:text=Thought%20to%20be%20destroyed%2C%20a%20copy%20of%20the%201961%20film%20was%20saved%20by%20an%20NBC%20employee%2C%20then%20was%20recut%20with%20new%20footage%20added%20by%20Young%27s%20son|title=Robert M. Young, 'Extremities' and 'Dominick and Eugene' Director, Dies at 99|author=Barnes, Mike|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 13, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref>
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| === Narrative features ===
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| Young made his feature directorial debut with ''[[w:Short Eyes (film)|Short Eyes]]'' (1977), filmed in the Manhattan House of Detention for Men with a cast that included both professional actors and real-life prisoners.<ref group="external" name="thr_young_obit_short_eyes">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-m-young-dead-extremities-dominick-eugene-1235823595/#:~:text=Young%20made%20his%20feature%20directorial%20debut%20with%20Short%20Eyes%20%281977%29|title=Robert M. Young, 'Extremities' and 'Dominick and Eugene' Director, Dies at 99|author=Barnes, Mike|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 13, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> That same year he directed ''[[w:Alambrista!|¡Alambrista!]]'' (1977), a drama about undocumented Mexican immigrants that he also wrote and co-photographed; it won the inaugural [[w:Caméra d'Or|Caméra d'Or]] for best first film at the [[w:Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] and the best picture award at the [[w:San Sebastián International Film Festival|San Sebastián International Film Festival]].<ref group="external" name="criterion_alambrista_camera_dor">{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/28101--alambrista#:~:text=winner%20of%20the%20Cannes%20Film%20Festival%27s%20inaugural%20Cam%C3%A9ra%20d%27Or|title=¡Alambrista! (1977)|publisher=The Criterion Collection|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> Independent filmmaker [[w:Christopher Munch|Christopher Munch]], who first saw ''¡Alambrista!'' at a public library screening in 1978, described it as "a milestone of American neorealism" and credited it with drawing him toward fiction filmmaking.<ref group="commentary" name="talkhouse_munch_alambrista_milestone">{{cite web|url=https://www.talkhouse.com/staunchly-independent-a-personal-remembrance-of-robert-m-young/#:~:text=I%20was%20deeply%20moved%20by%20Alambrista%21%27s%20realistic%20portrayal%20of%20a%20migrant%20farm%20worker%27s%20plight|title=Staunchly Independent: A Personal Remembrance of Robert M. Young|author=Munch, Christopher|publisher=Talkhouse|date=April 15, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref>
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| ''¡Alambrista!'' was the first of eight films Young made with actor [[w:Edward James Olmos|Edward James Olmos]]: ''[[w:The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (film)|The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez]]'' (1982), ''Saving Grace'' (1986), ''[[w:Triumph of the Spirit|Triumph of the Spirit]]'' (1989), ''Talent for the Game'' (1991), ''[[w:Roosters (1993 film)|Roosters]]'' (1993), the television film ''Slave of Dreams'' (1995), and ''[[w:Caught (1996 film)|Caught]]'' (1996).<ref group="external" name="thr_young_obit_olmos_eight_films">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-m-young-dead-extremities-dominick-eugene-1235823595/#:~:text=The%20two%20then%20reteamed%20for%20The%20Ballad%20of%20Gregorio%20Cortez|title=Robert M. Young, 'Extremities' and 'Dominick and Eugene' Director, Dies at 99|author=Barnes, Mike|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 13, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> Olmos later described the directorial philosophy he learned from Young: "I always brought the aesthetic I brought from Bob. The aesthetic was simple. You don't romanticize. You don't glamorize. You don't exploit. You don't manipulate."<ref group="commentary" name="criterion_olmos_aesthetic_quote">{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8385-the-independent-spirit-of-robert-m-young#:~:text=I%20always%20brought%20the%20aesthetic%20I%20brought%20from%20Bob.%20The%20aesthetic%20was%20simple.%20You%20don%27t%20romanticize|title=The Independent Spirit of Robert M. Young|author=Hudson, David|publisher=The Criterion Collection|date=February 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> Young also produced Olmos's directorial debut, ''[[w:American Me|American Me]]'' (1992).<ref group="external" name="thr_young_obit_american_me_producer">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-m-young-dead-extremities-dominick-eugene-1235823595/#:~:text=He%20also%20produced%20Olmos%27%20directorial%20debut%2C%20American%20Me|title=Robert M. Young, 'Extremities' and 'Dominick and Eugene' Director, Dies at 99|author=Barnes, Mike|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 13, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref>
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| His other theatrical features include ''[[w:Rich Kids (film)|Rich Kids]]'' (1979), ''[[w:One-Trick Pony (film)|One-Trick Pony]]'' (1980) with [[w:Paul Simon|Paul Simon]], ''[[w:Extremities (film)|Extremities]]'' (1986) with [[w:Farrah Fawcett|Farrah Fawcett]], ''[[w:Dominick and Eugene|Dominick and Eugene]]'' (1988) with [[w:Tom Hulce|Tom Hulce]] and [[w:Ray Liotta|Ray Liotta]], and ''Human Error'' (2004).<ref group="external" name="dga_young_visual_history_feature_list">{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Craft/VisualHistory/Interviews/Robert-Young#:~:text=Young%27s%20feature%20film%20work%20includes%20Short%20Eyes%20%281977%29%2C%20Rich%20Kids%20%281979%29%2C%20One%20Trick%20Pony|title=Visual History with Robert Young|publisher=Directors Guild of America|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> Three of his works entered the [[w:National Film Registry|Library of Congress National Film Registry]]: ''[[w:Nothing But a Man|Nothing But a Man]]'' (1964, co-written and photographed by Young, inducted 1993), ''The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez'' (inducted 2022), and ''¡Alambrista!'' (inducted 2023).<ref group="external" name="thr_young_obit_national_film_registry">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-m-young-dead-extremities-dominick-eugene-1235823595/#:~:text=Nothing%20But%20a%20Man%20was%20inducted%20into%20the%20Library%20of%20Congress%27%20National%20Film%20Registry%20in%201993%2C%20followed%20by%20Gregorio%20Cortez%20in%202022%20and%20Alambrista%21%20in%202023|title=Robert M. Young, 'Extremities' and 'Dominick and Eugene' Director, Dies at 99|author=Barnes, Mike|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 13, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref>
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| === Television work ===
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| Young's television credits beyond ''Battlestar Galactica'' include the Peabody-winning telefilm ''J.T.'' (1969), the movies ''We Are the Children'' (1987), ''Solomon & Sheba'' (1995), and ''Slave of Dreams'' (1995), and episodes of ''[[w:American Playhouse|American Playhouse]]'' and ''[[w:Nothing Sacred (TV series)|Nothing Sacred]]''.<ref group="external" name="televisionacademy_young_bio_television">{{cite web|url=https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/robert-m-young#:~:text=He%20directed%20episodes%20of%20television%20series%20including%20Battlestar%20Galactica%2C%20Nothing%20Sacred%20and%20American%20Playhouse|title=Robert M. Young|publisher=Television Academy|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref>
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| Young was a member of the [[w:Directors Guild of America|Directors Guild of America]] and served on its Western Independent Directors Committee.<ref group="external" name="dga_young_visual_history_dga_membership">{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Craft/VisualHistory/Interviews/Robert-Young#:~:text=An%20active%20member%20of%20the%20Directors%20Guild%2C%20Young%20has%20served%20on%20the%20Western%20Independent%20Directors%20Committee|title=Visual History with Robert Young|publisher=Directors Guild of America|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> In 2005, the DGA's Visual History Program interviewed Young in a session conducted by filmmaker [[w:Jeremy Kagan|Jeremy Kagan]].<ref group="external" name="dga_young_visual_history_interview_kagan">{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Craft/VisualHistory/Interviews/Robert-Young#:~:text=Director%2C%20writer%2C%20producer%20and%20cinematographer%20Robert%20M.%20Young|title=Visual History with Robert Young|publisher=Directors Guild of America|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref>
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| === ''Battlestar Galactica'' ===
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| Young directed five episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]] across four seasons between 2004 and 2009.<ref group="external" name="imdb_young_bsg_five_episodes">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0950005/#:~:text=Battlestar%20Galactica|title=Robert M. Young|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> Executive producer [[Ronald D. Moore]] attributed Young's casting to his documentary background. On the podcast for "[[Final Cut]]", Moore explained: "Robert Young, who directed this episode and also directed last year's 'Six Degrees of Separation', is a noted documentarian. Has done many feature films and many actual documentaries in his day and will tell you fascinating stories about being with the Eskimos and living with them and doing all sorts of wild, crazy things — and it felt like a natural fit to have Robert do this, 'cause he understood what a documentarian was looking for and how the scene would be staged."<ref group="production" name="moore_podcast_final_cut_young_hire">{{cite podcast|url=https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Podcast:Final_Cut#:~:text=Robert%20Young%2C%20who%20directed%20this%20episode%20and%20also%20directed%20last%20year%27s%20%22Six%20Degrees%20of%20Separation%22%20is%20a%20noted%20documentarian|title=Podcast: Final Cut|publisher=BattlestarWiki / Ronald D. Moore|date=2005}}</ref>
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| For "[[Final Cut]]", Moore and Young agreed the episode should be shot in genuine documentary style, with a working cameraman rather than an actor operating the in-universe camera. Young held auditions, filming cameramen and actors handling a camera in live scenes and screening the results with Moore, before casting a working cameraman in the part.<ref group="production" name="moore_podcast_final_cut_cameraman_auditions">{{cite podcast|url=https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Podcast:Final_Cut#:~:text=Bob%20Young%20did%20tests-%20he%20got%20a%20bunch%20of%20ca-%20actors%20and%20cameramen%20and%20had%20them%20audition%20with%20the%20camera|title=Podcast: Final Cut|publisher=BattlestarWiki / Ronald D. Moore|date=2005}}</ref>
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| For "[[Unfinished Business]]", Moore recalled visiting the hangar deck set during production: "I remember coming down to the set when Bob was shooting this — and walking to the hangar deck and really hoping that I was gonna feel like I'd walked into a boxing match. And when I walked in there it was just like — it felt so perfect. And the way everybody was hanging out around the boxing set — felt authentic." Moore described Young as "a remarkable human being and just an amazing man," adding that he had "really put 'em on the map, in a certain way."<ref group="production" name="moore_podcast_unfinished_business_young_hangar">{{cite podcast|url=https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Podcast:Unfinished_Business#:~:text=I%20remember%20coming%20down%20to%20the%20set%20when%20Bob%20was%20shooting%20this|title=Podcast: Unfinished Business|publisher=BattlestarWiki / Ronald D. Moore|date=2006}}</ref> [[w:Edward James Olmos|Edward James Olmos]], who had worked with Young on eight feature films, cited "Unfinished Business" as one of his most memorable episodes: "The reason I liked this one so much was because, one I got to work with Robert Young, who I have admired and love to watch him work, with actors."<ref group="production" name="olmos_ejo_unfinished_business_scifiworld">{{cite web|url=https://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/bodie_olmos_01.htm#:~:text=My%20most%20memorable%2C%20was%20probably%2C%20Unfinished%20Business|title=Bodie Olmos interview — Hot Dog Battlestar Galactica|author=Nuytens, Gilles|publisher=The Scifi World|date=January 20, 2007|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref>
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| For "[[The Son Also Rises]]", Young objected to the cat written into the role of defense attorney [[Romo Lampkin]], pressing Moore repeatedly to cut the animal from the script. Moore's wife Terry noted on the podcast that one should never shoot with a cat; Moore kept the cat regardless.<ref group="production" name="moore_podcast_son_also_rises_cat">{{cite podcast|url=https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Podcast:The_Son_Also_Rises#:~:text=Bob%20Young%2C%20who%20directed%20this%20episode%2C%20however%2C%20hated%20the%20cat|title=Podcast: The Son Also Rises|publisher=BattlestarWiki / Ronald D. Moore|date=2007}}</ref>
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| For "[[Deadlock]]", Moore noted that the director's cut needed very little adjustment: "Bob Young directed this episode and he has just a natural feel for where the drama in the scene is. He shoots everything from the psychological standpoint — meaning, going to where the emotion is and where the intention is of a scene or a character — and you can just feel, as we go through it, it's pretty much a seamless piece."<ref group="production" name="moore_podcast_deadlock_young_instincts">{{cite podcast|url=https://en.battlestarwiki.org/Podcast:Deadlock#:~:text=Bob%20Young%20directed%20this%20episode%20and%20he%20has-%20just%20a%20natural%20feel%20for%20where%20the%20drama%20in%20the%20scene%20is|title=Podcast: Deadlock|publisher=BattlestarWiki / Ronald D. Moore|date=2009}}</ref>
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| ==== Director credits for ''Battlestar Galactica'' ====
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| | == Director credits for "Battlestar Galactica" == |
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| **[[Six Degrees of Separation]] | | **[[Six Degrees of Separation]] |
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| ''See also: [[:Category:Episodes directed by Robert Young|Episodes directed by Robert Young]]''
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| == Personal life ==
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| Young was born in the Bronx and raised on [[w:Long Island|Long Island]].<ref group="external" name="thr_young_obit_bronx_long_island">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-m-young-dead-extremities-dominick-eugene-1235823595/#:~:text=Robert%20Milton%20Young%20was%20born%20in%20the%20Bronx%20on%20Nov.%2022%2C%201924%2C%20and%20raised%20on%20Long%20Island|title=Robert M. Young, 'Extremities' and 'Dominick and Eugene' Director, Dies at 99|author=Barnes, Mike|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 13, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> He was married to Lili Partridge from 1975 until his death.<ref group="external" name="imdb_young_spouse_lili">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0950005/#:~:text=Lili%20Partridge|title=Robert M. Young|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> His son Andrew Young is also a filmmaker. On his father's death, Andrew stated that Young had given him his first camera and his first job on a film set, describing him as "a rebel in the industry who made the films he dreamed of and lived the life he wanted, whether it was trekking through the Congo, swimming with sharks or plumbing the depths of the human experience."<ref group="external" name="thr_young_obit_andrew_statement">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-m-young-dead-extremities-dominick-eugene-1235823595/#:~:text=%22He%20gave%20me%20my%20first%20camera%2C%20my%20first%20job%20on%20set%2C%20and%20inspired%20me%20to%20go%20out%20and%20tell%20my%20own%20stories%22|title=Robert M. Young, 'Extremities' and 'Dominick and Eugene' Director, Dies at 99|author=Barnes, Mike|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 13, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref> His younger brother, [[w:Irwin Young|Irwin Young]], who produced ''Nothing But a Man'' and ''¡Alambrista!'' and ran DuArt Film Laboratories, died in 2022.<ref group="external" name="thr_young_obit_irwin_brother">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-m-young-dead-extremities-dominick-eugene-1235823595/#:~:text=His%20younger%20brother%2C%20Irwin%20Young%2C%20who%20produced%20Nothing%20but%20a%20Man%20and%20Alambrista%21%2C%20died%20in%202022|title=Robert M. Young, 'Extremities' and 'Dominick and Eugene' Director, Dies at 99|author=Barnes, Mike|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 13, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref>
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| Young died on February 6, 2024, in Los Angeles, at the age of 99.<ref group="external" name="deadline_young_obit_death_date">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/robert-m-young-dead-independent-film-director-was-99-obituary-1235821091/#:~:text=died%20Tuesday%20in%20Los%20Angeles|title=Robert M. Young Dies: Groundbreaking Independent Film Director, Camera d'Or And Peabody Award Winner Was 99|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 9, 2024|accessdate=22 May 2026}}</ref><ref group="footnotes" name="death_date_nyt_discrepancy">The ''New York Times'' obituary ("Robert M. Young, Filmmaker Who Indulged His Wanderlust, Dies at 99," March 1, 2024) gives the date of death as February 4, 2024. All other major obituaries — ''The Hollywood Reporter'', ''Deadline'', and ''IndieWire'' — as well as the announcement by his son Andrew Young, give February 6, 2024. This article uses the family-confirmed date.</ref>
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