| Richard Young | |
| Birth Date: | 17 October 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Penfield, New York, United States |
| Occupation: | Cinematographer Film director |
| Employer: | Eastman Kodak Worldwide Documentaries |
| Notable Works: | I'm Still Here Not My Life |
Richard Young (October 17, 1939 – December 15, 2010) was a cinematographer and film director who was born in Penfield, New York, United States.[1]
As a cinematographer, he filmed several dozen films for Eastman Kodak.[2] He codirected the 1996 film with Robert Bilheimer.[3] He was the director of the 1998 film Echoes from the Ancients.[4] He codirected and coproduced the 1999 film A Warrior in Two Worlds: The Life of Ely Parker with Ann Spurling.[5] He performed the cinematography for the 2003 documentary film A Closer Walk.[6]
Young died on December 15, 2010. The film Not My Life, for which he had served as cinematographer and co-director, was subsequently dedicated to him.[7] Bilheimer, who was the screenwriter, producer, and director of Not My Life, said that Young believed in the film far more than he himself did.[8] There was a tribute to Young shown before its screening at the 360 | 365 George Eastman House Film Festival.[9] A film reviewer at Post Magazine called Young "a legendary documentary cinematographer."[10]