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Robert M. Young Dies: Groundbreaking Independent Film Director, Camera d’Or And Peabody Award Winner Was 99

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Robert M. Young, whose 70-year career included independent and studio documentaries, narrative features, and episodes of Battlestar: Galactica, died Tuesday in Los Angeles at 99. His death was confirmed in a Facebook post by his son. Two of his films have recently been added to the Library of Congress Film Registry. They include ¡Alambrista! (1977), a film about the life of an undocumented Mexican immigrant, which won the Camera d’Or for bes…

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Robert M. Young Dies: Groundbreaking Independent Film Director, Camera d’Or And Peabody Award Winner Was 99

5 months ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Robert M. Young, Trailblazing Independent Director, Dies at 99

Robert M. Young, one of the pioneers of American independent cinema whose work began nearly 70 years ago, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. The news was announced via a Facebook post from his son Andy. In a career that lasted from 1956 to 2011 he directed documentaries, narrative features, both independent and studio releases, and even episodes of “Battlestar: Gallactica.” Two of his films have recently been added to the Library of Congress Film Regi…

5 months ago·Los Angeles, United States

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