Bryan Young (filmmaker)

Bryan Young is an American blogger, author and filmmaker.

Bryan Young
Born (1980-07-17) July 17, 1980
Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, United States
OccupationBlogger, author, and filmmaker.
Years active1999–present
Spouse(s)Amberley Marie Young (2001–present)

Biography

At age 18, Young received local press coverage when he became the first person in the city of Provo, Utah, to get in line for the opening of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.[1] Three years later, he repeated the stunt, camping out at the cinema three weeks before the opening of Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.[2]

Young was inducted as an honorary member of the 501st Legion.[3]

Film

Young co-directed two feature films, Missy and The Fleapit Three, and a feature-length documentary, The Misbehavers. He collaborated with director and friend Steven Greenstreet on a pair of documentaries, serving as assistant director for This Divided State and producing Killer at Large.[4]

His short film 3 1/2 Stars won Best Writing at the Helper Film Festival.

Writing

In collaboration with Elias Pate and Derek Hunter, Young contributed to the comic book series Pirate Club, released quarterly by Slave Labor Graphics.[5] He's contributed essays to Marvel's Star Wars: Age of Republic comics.[6]

His self-published novel Lost at the Con, as well as Operation Montauk, The Serpent's Head, and The Aeronaut from Silence in the Library publishing received positive reviews.[7][8][9][10][11] A short story was also included in the anthology A Hero by Any Other Name.[12]

He has freelanced for Star Wars Insider,[13] the official Star Wars blog,[14] HuffPost,[15] Salt Lake City Weekly,[16] and "geek news and reviews" blog Big Shiny Robot!, which he co-founded.

It was announced at New York Comic Con that he would be co-writing the Robotech role-playing game.[17] This project drew attention when it was announced that the game would use gender neutral language.[18]

References
  1. Horiuchi, Vince (May 8, 1999). "Magic of 'Star Wars' Sends Fan Camping for Tickets". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. A1.
  2. Snider, Eric D. (16 May 2002). "Fan plays out Episode II of waiting game". The Daily Herald. Herald Communications. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. "Honorary Members". 501st Legion: Vader's Fist. 501st Legion. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. "Killer At Large: An Interview With The Filmmakers". Bodybuilding.com. 2008-09-21. Archived from the original on 2018-08-25. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  5. Hunter, Derek (2005-11-15). Pirate Club. Slave Labor Books. ISBN 9781593620233.
  6. https://bamsmackpow.com/2019/03/14/star-wars-general-grievous-2019-no-1-review/
  7. Wilson, Andy (13 June 2011). "Required Summer Reading for Geeks: Lost at the Con". HuffPost. Oath Inc. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  8. Ratcliffe, Amy (7 June 2011). "Book Review: Lost at the Con". Geek with Curves. Amy Ratcliffe. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  9. Sheehan, Gavin (11 May 2011). "Lost at the Con". Salt Lake City Weekly. Salt Lake City Weekly. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  10. Foy, James (2 June 2012). "Book review: 'Operation: Montauk' is a time-traveling adventure". Deseret News. Deseret News Publishing Company. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  11. Levine, Andrea (14 May 2012). "[IGH] on Books: OPERATION: Montauk by Bryan Young". [insertgeekhere]. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  12. "A Hero by Any Other Name". Amazon.com.
  13. "Bryan Young | StarWars.com". StarWars.com. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  14. "Bryan Young". Star Wars. Lucasfilm Ltd. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  15. "Bryan Young: author, journalist, filmmaker". HuffPost. Oath, Inc. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  16. "Big Shiny Robot!". Salt Lake City Weekly. Salt Lake City Weekly. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  17. https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/nycc-2018-robotech-panel-anime-fest
  18. https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/03/11/strange-machine-games-adds-gender-neutral-language-to-robotech-rpg/
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