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James Young

Director · 103 credits · 8 in highly-rated films

Best known for Boy A (2008)

Frequent collaborators: Clara Kimball Young, L. Rogers Lytton, Maurice Costello, Charles Kent, Tefft Johnson

Directed movies (64 total, ranked by score)

  1. Midnight Rose

    1928

    Crime, Drama

    31

  2. The White Man's Law

    1918

    Drama

    32

  3. Welcome Stranger

    1924

    Comedy, Drama

    33

  4. A Rogue's Romance

    1919

    Drama

    34

  5. The Highest Trump

    1919

    Drama, War

    35

  6. Heartbroken Shep

    1913

    Drama

    36

  7. The Lash

    1916

    Drama

    37

  8. The Old Guard

    1913

    Action, Fantasy

    38

  9. Beau Brummel

    1913

    Action, Adventure

    39

  10. Put Yourself in Their Place

    1913

    40

  11. On Trial

    1917

    Drama

    41

  12. The Man Who Wouldn't Tell

    1918

    Drama, War

    42

  13. Curtain

    1920

    Drama

    43

  14. Trilby

    1923

    Drama

    44

  15. Cherry

    1914

    Comedy

    45

  16. Heartsease

    1913

    Drama

    46

  17. The Violin of M'sieur

    1914

    Drama

    47

  18. Rose o' Paradise

    1918

    Drama

    48

  19. Up in a Balloon

    1913

    Comedy

    49

  20. Wanted, a Sister

    1912

    Comedy, Drama

    50

  21. A Daughter of Two Worlds

    1920

    Drama

    51

  22. Her Country First

    1918

    Comedy

    52

  23. The Little Miss Brown

    1915

    Comedy

    53

  24. Notorious Miss Lisle

    1920

    Drama

    54

  25. The Eavesdropper

    1912

    Comedy

    55

  26. The Little Minister

    1913

    Drama, Romance

    56

  27. The Usurper

    1919

    Drama

    57

  28. A Marriage of Convenience

    1918

    Drama, Romance

    58

  29. The Portrait

    1914

    Drama

    59

  30. A Regular Girl

    1919

    Comedy

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.