Richard Young (October 17, 1939 – December 15, 2010) was a cinematographer and film director who was born in Penfield, New York, United States.

[4] He codirected and coproduced the 1999 film A Warrior in Two Worlds: The Life of Ely Parker with Ann Spurling.

[7] Bilheimer, who was the screenwriter, producer, and director of Not My Life, said that Young believed in the film far more than he himself did.

[8] There was a tribute to Young shown before its screening at the 360 | 365 George Eastman House Film Festival.

[9] A film reviewer at Post Magazine called Young "a legendary documentary cinematographer.