Roger Christopher Young, known as Chris Young, is a Scottish TV and film producer, and founder of
Young Films. His credits include ''
The Inbetweeners
''The Inbetweeners'' is a British coming-of-age television teen sitcom, which originally aired on E4 from 2008 until 2010 and was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager ...
'' and ''
Bannan''.
Young was born in Edinburgh in 1959. His London-based company specialized in high-quality niche films, such as the highly-acclaimed Gaelic-language film ''
Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle''. He achieved wider popularity with the TV series and film ''The Inbetweeners''.
Young moved with his family to Skye in the 1990s. Young Films was relocated there in 2014. Young is a Gaelic-language activist, and his children attend Gaelic medium education.
In 2014, Young endorsed Scottish independence, arguing that it would provide opportunities for Scottish film and television.
Report in the Daily Record
17 September 2014: "YOUNG, who is one of Britain's most successful film and TV producers, insists Scotland has "enough feisty and ambitious" production companies to ensure quality output in the event of a Yes vote."
References
External links
IMDb entry
1959 births
Living people
Cinema of Scotland
Scottish film producers
Scottish Gaelic mass media
Scottish television producers
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