---
name: "John Sacret Young"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-sacret-young"
fi1m_id: "john-sacret-young"
imdb_id: "nm0949722"
tmdb_id: 1219527
wikidata_id: "Q3182413"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "24 May 1946"
died: "3 June 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:38:25.456212+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."
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# John Sacret Young

## Identity

John Sacret Young

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-sacret-young
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-sacret-young
- **IMDb ID:** nm0949722
- **TMDB ID:** 1219527
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3182413
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sacret_Young, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182413, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219527

Director. Born 24 May 1946 in United States. Died 3 June 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 24 May 1946, United States
- **Died:** 3 June 2021
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sacret_Young, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182413, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219527

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)

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## Biography

John Sacret Young (1946–2021) was an American screenwriter, producer and director who worked primarily in television. He co-created the Vietnam War drama series *China Beach* (1988–1991) with William F. Broyles Jr. and contributed as writer and producer to later seasons of *The West Wing* (1999), including episodes for which he received story and teleplay credits.

Young wrote the screenplays for the feature films *Testament* (1983) and *Romero* (1989). He began his career as a researcher on the 1970s series *Police Story* before writing for it and went on to work on series including *VR.5* and *Firefly Lane*. A Princeton graduate, he received seven Emmy nominations and won two Writers Guild of America Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Director, Writer, Story, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dolly Parton's Heartstrings* (2019), series, Teleplay
- *Quarterlife* (2008), series, Director
- *Deceit* (2004), Executive Producer, Director, Teleplay
- *Level 9* (2000), series, Director, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *Muhammad Ali: King of the World* (2000), Director, Teleplay
- *Sirens* (1999), Director, Writer
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Writer, Director, Story, Teleplay, Consulting Producer, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Thanks of a Grateful Nation* (1998), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Orleans* (1997), series, Creator
- *VR.5* (1995), series, Writer, Director
- *Keys* (1994), Director, Screenplay
- *Rio Shannon* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Under Cover* (1991), series, Producer
- *A Promise to Keep* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Romero* (1989), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Police Story: Monster Manor* (1988), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Police Story* (1988), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *China Beach* (1988), series, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
- *China Beach: Pilot* (1988), Writer
- *Testament* (1983), Screenplay
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, Writer
- *Fire on the Mountain* (1981), Screenplay, Producer
- *A Rumor of War* (1980), series, Teleplay
- *Champions: A Love Story* (1979), Producer, Screenplay
- *Special Olympics* (1978), Screenplay
- *The Fitzpatricks* (1977), series, Writer
- *The Possessed* (1977), Writer
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Writer
- *Chandler* (1971), Screenplay

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