About Me

My name is Tyler Young and I am a journalist turned filmmaker from Greenville, SC. I earned my B.A. in Mass Communication from Winthrop University. Since 2012, I’ve produced unscripted and scripted content including Gaps, a coming-of-age NAACP Image Award-nominated short film presented by Queen Latifah’s Queen Collective program in partnership with Tribeca Studios and Procter & Gamble.

No, my parents did not think I was going to be a boy. They named me Tyler on purpose. My mom picked out the name Tyler during her second trimester. In fact, she and my dad were forward-thinking in the 1980s. They figured it’d be pretty neat if their Black daughter was mistaken for a white man every day of her life.

 

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, welcome!

I began my TV career as a morning news producer in Charlotte, NC. One morning I stood in the dressing room and said, “God, I’m tired of crying and praying about this job. Is it time for me to leave?”. He replied, “I have something greater for you.” I went on-air for my social media segment, walked over to my desk, and typed up a 3-sentence resignation letter. I haven’t looked back.

Greater is here.

Today, I am a Project Involve writing alum at Film Independent. My short film, Saving All My Love is currently in its festival run. I’m currently in post-production for my directorial debut of Dying Laughing, a short film I wrote and produced in Atlanta. My first screenplay, Body Count, advanced into the 2022 quarterfinals of the Academy Nicholl Fellowship. This comedy feature detailing the challenges of moving back home at age 30 was among 359 scripts accepted from 5,526 submissions.  I’m also a former Gotham Film & Media Institute fellow.

I previously served as Associate Producer and researcher on the Emmy-nominated (Outstanding Historical Documentary), Peabody nominated, and Telly award-winning documentary film, Downing of a Flag (PBS).

My Story Producer and Associate Producer credits include:

Fun Fact: I got my start in unscripted television as a PA on one of the highest-rated episodes of Hoarders.

Out of 1,000 submissions, I was accepted into Diverse Representation’s Black Entertainment Executive Pipeline Program 2022 cohort. My comedy pilot, Remember the Time, was selected for the 2021 TV Series Lab. Remember the Time is also a 2021 ScreenCraft semifinalist and in the top 6% of all projects on Cover Fly (top 5% of all half-hour TV scripts). In 2017, my GenZ pilot, Editorial, was named top 10 in ColorCreative’s screenwriting competition. My Christmas feature, The Ghosts of Boyfriends Past, was rated 9/10 by The Script Lab.

I’m a lover of ‘90s and ‘00s pop culture. NSYNC will forever have my heart. A Different World is my favorite TV show. 

Above all, I am a believer! Proverbs 3:5-6 is my guiding light.