Alexander Morgan Young (born August 29, 1971) is an American film and television producer. He was Co-President of Production at

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Early life

Young was born in London, and grew up in

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and

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.Michael Fleming (Vol:9 #3, 2006). "The Passionate Pragmatist". ''Fade In'', p. 81. He attended

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high school and graduated with honors from

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in 1993, with a dual degree in Political Science and History. Young’s father was British entrepreneur Paul Young, who owned the

boutique Paraphernalia in the 1960s and was credited with bringing mod fashion, including the

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trend, from London to America. His father died in 2003. He has one sister, Stephanie Tyrer. He also has 2 nephews and one niece, Orlando, Felix and Madeline Tyrer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.

Career

Young worked at an oil parts company in

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to pay for college. After college he moved to Los Angeles and his first job was as a runner on the

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talk show. When struggling to find work at the end of this show, his father put him in touch with his old colleague

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. Schumacher introduced him to people in the industry and he got a job as an assistant to a creative executive at

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. The following year he became assistant to

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(former Paramount executive). He was promoted Creative Executive and then Vice-President of Production at Paramount, where he was involved in projects such as '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'', The Sum of All Fears, Sleepy Hollow, Star Trek: First Contact, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Paycheck and Deep Impact. In February 2002, Hutch Parker brought Young across to 20th Century Fox where he was named Vice-President of Production. Young rose from Vice President to Senior Vice President to Executive Vice President, working on films such as X-Men 2: X-Men United, '' X-Men: The Last Stand'', Live Free or Die Hard, and ''

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''. In January 2007, Young was promoted along with Emma Watts to become Co-President of Production at 20th Century Fox. Becoming a producer at Fox in 2010, Young has produced Unstoppable, The A-Team, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Predators, A Good Day to Die Hard, and '' Hitman: Agent 47''.

Personal life

In April 2007, Young began dating ''

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'' star Kate Walsh. They were first spotted having lunch together on April 26, and then went public with their relationship on April 28 by attending a

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fund-raiser in Los Angeles, which was co-hosted by Young. Young proposed to Walsh during a trip to

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in May. They later married on September 1, 2007 at the Ojai Presbyterian Church in

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, north of Los Angeles. On December 11, 2008, Young filed for divorce after 15 months of marriage citing irreconcilable differences; the official date of separation in the divorce petition was listed as November 22. The divorce was finalized February 5, 2010.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

References

External links

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Alex Young at Hollywood.comAlex Young at InBaseline.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Alex 1971 births Businesspeople from New York (state) British emigrants to the United States People from Cooperstown, New York Living people American film studio executives