Colin Young
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Forenames(s): Colin
Family name: Young
Work area/Craft/Role: Education
Industry: Film
Websites: Wikipedia, 100 pages, The National Film and Television School
Family name: Young
Work area/Craft/Role: Education
Industry: Film
Websites: Wikipedia, 100 pages, The National Film and Television School
Interview no: 256
Interview date(s): 10 July 1992
Interviewer(s): Alan Sapper, Manny Yospa
Production Media: audio
Duration (mins): 56
Interview date(s): 10 July 1992
Interviewer(s): Alan Sapper, Manny Yospa
Production Media: audio
Duration (mins): 56
“Filmmakers should be missionaries for a better way of life.” NFTS founding Director Colin Young.
Colin Young is a former British film educator and the first director of the British National Film and Television School. He was also chairman of the School of Theatre, Film and Television at UCLA and founder of the film programme at Rice University, Houston, Texas. He was awarded a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the highest honour of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, in 1993.
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