Location
Salt Lake City, UT
School
University of Utah
Expertise
Star Wars, Classic Film, Screenwriting
- In the world of Star Wars, Bryan Young has interviewed everyone from George Lucas and Carrie Fisher to Dave Filoni and Tony Gilroy.
- As a teenager, Bryan Young built a spaceship in his mom's back yard to shoot a film inside.
- Bryan Young's work as a writer and producer has been called "filmmaking gold" by The New York Times.
Experience
Bryan Young works across many different media. He's an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. He's published comic books with Slave Labor Graphics and Image Comics. He's been a regular contributor for the Huffington Post, StarWars.com, Star Wars Insider magazine, SYFY, /Film, and was the founder and editor-in-chief of the geek news and review site Big Shiny Robot! He's also written professionally in the Star Wars universe, as well as Doctor Who, BattleTech, Robotech, and Shadowrun.
Education
Bryan Young has been teaching for years about screenwriting, creative writing, and Star Wars at conferences across the country and at the University of Utah.
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