--- name: "Carlson Young" canonical: "https://film.one/person/carlson-young" fi1m_id: "carlson-young" imdb_id: "nm2584304" tmdb_id: 965770 wikidata_id: "Q3660187" roles: ["Director"] born: "29 October 1990" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "director" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-23T10:37:36.878222+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Carlson Young ## Identity Carlson Young - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carlson-young - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** carlson-young - **IMDb ID:** nm2584304 - **TMDB ID:** 965770 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3660187 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlson_Young, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3660187, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2584304/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/965770 Director. Born 29 October 1990 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 29 October 1990, Fort Worth, Texas, USA - **Also known as:** Carlson Elizabeth Young - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlson_Young, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3660187, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2584304/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/965770 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Last Sunrise*](https://film.one/film/the-last-sunrise.md) (34) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Carlson Young > Carlson Young can make a romance look inviting without making us care who falls in love. Her visual ambition is worth watching, but *The Last Sunrise* leaves us doubtful about what she can do with a conventional story. In *The Last Sunrise* (2026), Carlson Young photographs a dancer and a fisherman as though they were another reason to visit Mallorca. Maia Reficco and Fernando Lindez make a handsome addition to the scenery, but we are given little reason to believe in the attraction between them. The film is tidy, attractive and poor at the one thing its romance needs to do. We felt almost nothing for the couple, because the care taken over their appearance never makes their feelings convincing. That is a dispiriting destination for a director who began with surreal horror and fantasy. Young expanded her short *The Blazing World* (2018) into the feature of the same name in 2021, writing, directing and playing Margaret Winter. Its dreamscapes deal with trauma, and its art-directed images and symbolic colour reflect an interest in Dario Argento. The move to *Upgraded* (2024), a studio romantic comedy starring Camila Mendes, then to the thriller *Trust* (2025), shows how quickly she has moved between kinds of film. The concern is that telling a story can come second to finding its look. Young comes to directing with acting experience and an approach intended to support performers. That makes the emotional flatness of *The Last Sunrise* more disappointing. In Anna Klassen's adaptation of Anna Todd's novel, which Todd also produces, she has a straightforward romantic premise to work with. Reficco's visiting dancer meets Lindez's local fisherman, and the summer setting ought to give their attraction room to grow. Instead, the handsome presentation keeps getting our attention when the couple should. Young's willingness to move between genres is encouraging, and even this unsuccessful romance is carefully presented. We would still pass on *The Last Sunrise*: attractive locations are a thin reason to spend an evening with lovers who scarcely interest us. Her next conventional story needs to give its performers more to do than fit the picture. If she makes another romance, we would like to forget where it was filmed. ## Biography Carlson Elizabeth Young is an American actress and director. Born on 29 October 1990 in Fort Worth, Texas, she attended the University of Southern California to study creative writing before leaving to appear in the first season of the television series *Scream* (2015), in which she played Brooke Maddox. Young is known for acting roles in series including *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), *Grimm* (2011), *Emily in Paris* (2020) and *Scream: The TV Series* (2015–2016), and films such as *Premature* (2014). She made her directorial debut with the short film *The Blazing World* (2018), later expanding it into a feature (2021), and has since directed the films *Upgraded* (2024) and *The Last Sunrise* (2026). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, deadline.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Last Sunrise* (2026), Fi1m 34, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-sunrise.md) ## Complete filmography (29) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Last Sunrise* (2026), Director — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-sunrise.md) - *Trust* (2025), Casting Associate, Director, Executive Producer - *Upgraded* (2024), as Subway Girl (uncredited) · Director - *A Pity* (2022), Actor - *The Blazing World* (2021), as Margaret Winter · Director, Writer - *12 Mighty Orphans* (2021), as Annie - *Emily in Paris* (2020), series, as Brooklyn Clark - *The Night Is Young* (2018), as Chair - *The Blazing World* (2018), as Margaret · Director, Writer, Producer - *A Man For Every Month* (2017), as Megan Collins - *Last Teenagers of the Apocalypse* (2016), as Neon - *A Country Called Home* (2016), as Katie - *Scream: The TV Series* (2015), series, as Brooke Maddox - *CSI: Cyber* (2015), series, as Mia Wilcox - *Premature* (2014), as Angela Yearwood - *The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation* (2013), as London James - *Key & Peele* (2012), series, as Jacquelin — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/key-and-peele.md) - *Grimm* (2011), series, as Selina Golias - *The Perfect Student* (2011), as Laura - *Traffic Light* (2011), series, as Savannah - *Shake It Up* (2010), series, as Danika Fitzgerald - *Pair of Kings* (2010), series, as Chelsea - *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), series, as Amber Victorino - *The League* (2009), series, as Callie, Jaywalking Girl - *True Blood* (2008), series, as Tammy — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md) - *As the Bell Rings* (2007), series, as Tiffany Blake - *Heroes* (2006), series, as Chearleader #5 — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md) - *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Checker - *Clashing Through the Snow*, Director ## Gallery - ![Carlson Young](https://film.one/media/person/1297313/gallery-3c8ea1aceb35.jpg) Carlson Young — Image via TMDB - ![Carlson Young](https://film.one/media/person/1297313/gallery-52e9848c676d.jpg) Carlson Young — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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