---
name: "Paul Young"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-young-1795548"
roles: ["Actor","Producer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 80
updated: "2026-09-17T07:10:37.008124+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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# Paul Young

Actor and producer. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 2000–2017
- **Works often with:** [Brendan Gleeson](https://film.one/person/brendan-gleeson.md), [Bruno Coulais](https://film.one/person/bruno-coulais.md), [Tomm Moore](https://film.one/person/tomm-moore.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 83 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22101574, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2727721/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1795548

## Biography

Paul Young is an Irish animator, illustrator, cartoonist, producer and director. He is co-founder and CEO of the Kilkenny-based animation studio Cartoon Saloon, established in 1999 with Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey.

Young studied art and design at the University of Ulster before completing an animation course at Ballyfermot College of Further Education in Dublin. He has produced the studio’s feature films *The Secret of Kells* (2009), *Song of the Sea* (2014), *The Breadwinner* (2017) and *Wolfwalkers* (2020), several of which received Academy Award nominations. He also directed the *Star Wars: Visions* short *Screecher’s Reach* (2023).

Young is an IFTA and Annie Award winner and has received Oscar, Emmy and BAFTA nominations. He has additionally worked as an executive producer on television series including *Puffin Rock* and *Dorg Van Dango*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, cartoonsaloon.ie.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Breadwinner* (2017), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-breadwinner-2017.md)
- *Song of the Sea* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/song-of-the-sea.md)
- *The Secret of Kells* (2009), Fi1m 76, as Brother Square (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-kells.md)
- *The Emperor's New Groove* (2000), Fi1m 80, Animation — [page](https://film.one/film/the-emperors-new-groove.md)

## Also known for

- *Wolfwalkers* (2020), Producer
- *Star Wars: Visions* (2021), Director
- *My Father's Dragon* (2022), Producer

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