Alex Young (studio executive)
| Alex Young | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Alexander Morgan Young August 29, 1971 London, England |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Spouse(s) | Kate Walsh (2007–2010) |
Alexander Morgan "Alex" Young (born August 29, 1971) is an American film and television producer. He was Co-President of Production at 20th Century Fox.
Young was born in London, and grew up in Cooperstown, NY, and New York City. He attended Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford, CT) for high school, and graduated with honors from Williams College (Williamstown, MA) in 1993, with a dual degree in Political Science and History. Young’s father was British entrepreneur Paul Young, who owned the New York City boutique Paraphernalia in the 1960s and was credited with bringing mod fashion, including the mini skirt trend, from London to America. His father died in 2003. He has one sister and currently resides in Los Angeles.
Young worked at an oil parts company in Tulsa, Oklahoma to pay for college. After college he moved to Los Angeles and his first job was as a runner on the Chevy Chase talk show. When struggling to find work at the end of this show, his father put him in touch with his old colleague Joel Schumacher. Schumacher introduced him to people in the industry and he got a job as an assistant to a creative executive at Paramount. The following year he became assistant to John Goldwyn (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 Fantastic Four. 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.
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