---
name: "Roger Young"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/roger-young"
fi1m_id: "roger-young"
imdb_id: "nm0002726"
tmdb_id: 23946
wikidata_id: "Q2036181"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "13 May 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T23:09:09.962643+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."
---

# Roger Young

## Identity

Roger Young

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/roger-young
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** roger-young
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002726
- **TMDB ID:** 23946
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2036181
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Young_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2036181, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002726/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23946

Director. Born 13 May 1942 in Champaign, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 13 May 1942, Champaign, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1990–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Allen Coulter](https://film.one/person/allen-coulter.md), [Steve Shill](https://film.one/person/steve-shill.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (1), 2000s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Young_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2036181, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002726/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23946

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Rome*](https://film.one/tv/rome.md) (82)
- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Roger Young (born 13 May 1942) is an American television and film director. He was born in Champaign, Illinois, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the University of Illinois.

Young began his career in local television and advertising before moving to Los Angeles in 1977. He worked as an associate producer on *Lou Grant*, where he later directed episodes and won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1980 for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series, along with Directors Guild of America Awards. He directed the pilot of *Magnum, P.I.* and numerous other pilots, before focusing on television films and miniseries.

His credits include episodes of *Rome* (2005), *The Closer* (2005) and *Law & Order* (1990), as well as miniseries such as *Joseph* (1995), *Jesus* (1999), *Hercules* (2005) and *The Red Tent* (2014).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Rome* (2005), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/rome.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Complete filmography (60)

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

- *The Red Tent* (2014), series, Director
- *Barabbas* (2013), series, Director
- *Barabbas* (2012), Director
- *Rome* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/rome.md)
- *The Closer* (2005), series, Director
- *Hercules* (2005), series, Director
- *The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story* (2004), Director
- *Augustus: The First Emperor* (2003), Director
- *Augustus: The First Emperor* (2003), series, Director, Creator
- *Dracula's Kiss* (2002), series, Director
- *Dracula* (2002), Director, Teleplay
- *Saint Paul* (2000), Herodes Agrippa, Director
- *Saint Paul* (2000), series, Herodes Agrippa, Director
- *The Thin Blue Lie* (2000), Director, Executive Producer
- *Jesus* (1999), Director
- *Jesus* (1999), series, Director
- *One Special Night* (1999), Director
- *A Knight in Camelot* (1998), Director
- *Kiss the Sky* (1998), Director
- *Solomon* (1997), Director
- *Solomon* (1997), series, Director
- *Final Descent* (1997), Teleplay
- *Heart Full of Rain* (1997), Director
- *Sisters and Other Strangers* (1997), Director
- *The Siege at Ruby Ridge* (1996), Director
- *The Siege at Ruby Ridge* (1996), series, Director
- *Moses* (1996), series, Director
- *Virus* (1995), Writer
- *Joseph* (1995), series, Director
- *Joseph* (1995), Director
- *Mortal Fear* (1994), Teleplay
- *Getting Gotti* (1994), Director
- *Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771* (1993), Director
- *Geronimo* (1993), Director
- *For Love and Glory* (1993), Director
- *Jewels* (1992), series, Director
- *Victim of Beauty* (1991), Director
- *Doublecrossed* (1991), Writer, Director
- *Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story* (1991), Director
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Love and Lies* (1990), Director
- *Murder in Mississippi* (1990), Director
- *The Bourne Identity* (1988), series, Director
- *The Squeeze* (1987), Director
- *Love Among Thieves* (1987), Director
- *Under Siege* (1986), Director
- *Into Thin Air* (1985), Director
- *Eye to Eye* (1985), series, Director
- *Gulag* (1985), Director
- *Lassiter* (1984), Director
- *Legmen* (1984), series, Director
- *Hardcastle and McCormick* (1983), series, Director
- *Two of a Kind* (1982), Director
- *Dreams Don't Die* (1982), Director
- *An Innocent Love* (1982), Director
- *Bitter Harvest* (1981), Director
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, Director
- *Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii* (1980), Director
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, Director
- *Lou Grant* (1977), series, Director, Associate Producer

## Gallery

- ![Roger Young](https://film.one/media/person/101965/gallery-0ae8f442bc72.jpg) Roger Young — Image via TMDB
- ![Roger Young](https://film.one/media/person/101965/gallery-56b70ffee1f3.jpg) Roger Young — Image via TMDB
- ![Roger Young](https://film.one/media/person/101965/gallery-4f762c3484e6.jpg) Roger Young — Image via TMDB
- ![Roger Young](https://film.one/media/person/101965/gallery-240f92d60339.jpg) Roger Young — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1980: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (won), for *Lou Grant*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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