Biography
Robert William Young is a British film and television director. He started his directorial career in the early 1970s, and established himself as a leading director of British television-drama in the 1980s and early 1990s, moving more towards black comedy at the beginning of the '90s.
Amongst his work are popular crime, drama and comedy series' such as The Mad Death (1983), Robin of Sherwood (1984-1986), Bergerac (1981-1991) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990-1993), in addition to numerous television-movies and feature films. Young has had several projects with the former Monty Python members John Cleese, Eric Idle and Michael Palin, and among other things directed the 1997 follow-up to A Fish Called Wanda (1988); Fierce Creatures (co-directing with Fred Schepisi).
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Director
| Movies | |
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| 2014 |
Curse of the Phoenix |
| 2010 |
All at Sea |
| 2007 |
BloodMonkey |
Eichmann |
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| 2006 |
Bye Bye Harry! |
| 2002 |
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Well Schooled in Murder (TV movie) |
| 1999 |
Captain Jack |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades |
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| 1997 |
Fierce Creatures |
Jane Eyre (TV movie) |
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| 1994 |
Doomsday Gun (TV movie) |
White Goods (TV movie) |
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| 1993 |
Splitting Heirs |
| 1992 |
Hostage |
| 1991 |
Alive and Kicking (TV movie) |
| 1989 |
Blore M.P. (TV movie) |
One Way Out (TV movie) |
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| 1987 |
Harry's Kingdom (TV movie) |
Three Wishes for Jamie (TV movie) |
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| 1986 |
Ninja Squad |
The Worst Witch (TV movie) |
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| 1980 |
Charlie Boy (TV movie) |
| 1979 |
The World Is Full of Married Men |
| 1976 |
Keep It Up Downstairs |
| 1972 |
And So Ends |
Vampire Circus |
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| 2001 |
The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells |
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| 1999 |
The Road to Santiago |
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| 1994 |
The Wimbledon Poisoner |
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| 1993 |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |
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Prague, August 1917 (S02E20) |
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| 1991 |
G.B.H. |
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Over and Out (E07) |
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Message Understood (E06) |
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Message Received (E05) |
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| more episodes (4) | ||
| 1990 |
Jeeves and Wooster |
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| 1988 |
Blue Blood |
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| 1987 |
Bergerac |
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S.P.A.R.T.A. (S05E07) |
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Winner Takes All (S05E03) |
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| 1986 |
Robin of Sherwood |
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The Pretender (S03E09) |
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Herne's Son (S03E01) |
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| 1985 |
Robin of Sherwood |
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The Greatest Enemy (S02E06) |
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The Swords of Wayland (S02E05) |
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The Prophecy (S02E01) |
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Screen One |
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| 1983 |
Bergerac |
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Come Out Fighting (S03E05) |
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Ninety Per Cent Proof (S03E01) |
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The Mad Death |
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| 1980 |
Hammer House of Horror |
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Charlie Boy (E06) |
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| 1979 |
Minder |
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| 1978 |
Twenty Times More Likely |
| 1977 |
Soldier's Home (TV movie) |
| 1974 |
Romance with a Double Bass |
Screenwriter
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| 1978 |
Twenty Times More Likely |
| 1974 |
Romance with a Double Bass |
Producer
| Movies | |
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| 2014 |
Curse of the Phoenix |
| 2010 |
All at Sea |
Actor
| Documentaries | |
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| 2024 |
Saucy! - Secrets of the British Sex Comedy |