Jacob Young (documentarian)

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Jacob Young
Born1952 (age 70–71)
West Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s) Screenwriter
Cinematographer
Film editor
Filmmaker
Known for Documentary films

Jacob Young (born 1952) is an American screenwriter, cinematographer, film editor, and filmmaker best known for creating documentary films that explore eccentric people living in his native Appalachia. [1] [2] [3]

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Career

Young was a producer at WNPB-TV in Morgantown, West Virginia, when he conceived Appalachian Junkumentary (1986), a film eventually purchased by over 90 PBS stations and winning a 1988 PBS Special Achievement Award. [2] It became one of 15 U.S. television shows later selected for an international screening conference. [4] [5] Young was also producer for two seasons of the documentary series Different Drummer, broadcast by the BBC and Public TV. [2] His film Dancing Outlaw (1992) received both a 1992 Emmy Award and a 1993 American Film Institute Award for 'Best Documentary. [6] In 1998 Young revealed that he was considering creating a feature film using Dancing Outlaw star Jesco White. [7] [8]

Filmography

Recognition

Oxford American referred to Young's film Dancing Outlaw as "now-legendary", and wrote that it was "one of the most bizarre, upsetting, and ultimately, when looked at from a certain angle, inspiring documentaries to have emerged from the South, or from anywhere, in recent memory." [26]

In writing of a 1999 retrospective of Young's works, which included Dancing Outlaw, Dancing Outlaw 2, "and a sizable chunk of Young's documentary oeuvre", the Austin American-Statesman wrote "Young's specialty is fixing his camera on the quirky human" and called his work "life-is-nuttier-than-fiction films". [27]

Awards and nominations

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References

  1. ↑ Lewis, Anne (10 May 1999). "The King of the Hillbillies". Austin Chronicle . Austin, Texas. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Jacob Young at Appalachian Film Festival". Appalachian Film Festival. April 2010. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Macor, Alison (12 May 1999). "Filmmaker studies the unique in people". Austin American-Statesman . Austin, Texas. p. F6. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Junk-Filled Program Is Anything But Trash". Lexington Herald-Leader . Lexington, Kentucky. 29 June 1987. p. C8. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Barker, Allison (27 August 1993). "Jesco White avoids the devil with his fancy footwork". Reading Eagle / Reading Times . Reading, Pennsylvania. p. A8. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 Lewis, Anne (10 May 1999). "Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood". Austin Chronicle . Austin, Texas. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  7. ↑ "'Dancing Outlaw' may get second movie". The Gadsden Times . Gadsden, Alabama. 26 April 1998. p. C6. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "Jacob Young will bring back dancing Elvis". Wilmington Morning Star . Wilmington, North Carolina. 25 April 1998. p. A2. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Jacob Young; Sandy Fallon (1983). Saturday Night in Babylon (VHS). Morgantown, W. Va.: WWVU-TV. OCLC   53343924.
  10. ↑ Jacob Young (1987). Appalachian Junkumentary (VHS). Morgantown, W. Va.: Countrified Films and WNPB-TV. OCLC   148143903.
  11. ↑ Jacob Young (1987). Hammer on the Slammer (VHS). Morgantown, W. Va.: WNPB-TV. OCLC   53010469.
  12. ↑ Jacob Young (1988). Amazing Delores (VHS). Morgantown, W. Va.: WNPB-TV. OCLC   53009834.
  13. ↑ "Bernard Coffindaffer, Evangelist, Dies at 68". New York Times . 12 October 1993. Obituaries. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  14. ↑ "Evangelist who built roadside crosses dies". Lakeland Ledger . Lakeland, Florida. 11 October 1993. p. 4B. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  15. ↑ Jacob Young (1989). Point Man For God (VHS). Morgantown, W. Va.: WNPB-TV. OCLC   32861968.
  16. ↑ Jacob Young (1989). Glitch in the System (VHS). Morgantown, W. Va.: WNPB-TV. OCLC   148143890.
  17. ↑ Jacob Young (1990). Doctor No? (VHS). Morgantown, W. Va.: WNPB-TV. OCLC   53006604.
  18. ↑ Jacob Young (1989). Mister D...Period (VHS). Morgantown, W. Va.: WNPB-TV. OCLC   32861915.
  19. ↑ Jacob Young (1991). Dancing Outlaw (VHS). Morgantown, W. Va.: WNPB-TV. OCLC   47079100.
  20. ↑ Jacob Young (1991). Fleabag : the Frank Veltrie story (VHS). Morgantown, W. Va.: WNPB-TV. OCLC   53008997.
  21. ↑ Jacob Young (1994). Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood (VHS). Morgantown, W. Va.: WNPB-TV. OCLC   35020974.
  22. ↑ Jacob Young (1996). Holy Cow, Swami! (VHS). Morgantown, W. Va.: WNPB-TV. OCLC   244008231.
  23. ↑ Jacob Young; Dub Cornett (26 October 1998). American Breakdown (VHS). OCLC   53344093.
  24. ↑ "Film Notes: Film Kitchen find". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 8 June 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  25. ↑ O'Driscoll, Bill (7 June 2007). "A man's obsession with a 'sacred' object is the latest focus for 'Dancing Outlaw' filmmaker Jacob Young." Pittsburgh City Paper (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  26. ↑ Sullivan, John Jeremiah (2002). "13 Essential Southern Documentaries". Oxford American . At Home Media Group. Winter 2002 (Southern Movie Issue). ISSN   1074-4525. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  27. ↑ Garcia, Chris (23 July 1999). "'Outlaw' dances back to the Alamo for a week". Austin American-Statesman . Austin, Texas. p. E3. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
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