John Sacret Young - Credits

Credits

• Generations (Writer, Executive Producer, Director, 2008)
• Quarterlife (Director, 2008)
• The West Wing (Writer, Producer: 2004–2006)
• Deceit (Writer, Executive Producer, Director, 2005)
• King of the World (Writer, Director, Executive Producer: 2000)

  Adapted from David Remnick’s acclaimed New Yorker article, King of the World, examines the life of Cassius Clay, the man the world came to know and honor as Muhammad Ali.

• Sirens (Writer, Director, Executive Producer: 1999)

  A couple of cops assume a white woman making out with a black man is being raped, and they shoot to kill. The woman sets out to bring the cops to justice, but it’s her word against theirs.

• Thanks of a Grateful Nation (Writer, Executive Producer: 1998)

  As thousands of Desert Storm vets develop medical problems, they discover the military has something to hide. Groups of servicemen and women, as well as members of Congress, join forces to uncover the truth.

• Keys (Writer, Director, Executive Producer: 1994)

  Police investigate the random murder/assault/child kidnapping of a seemingly average family. Marg Helgenberger, pre-CSI, seeks clues to the motive behind the crime and the whereabouts of the missing child. At the same time she is haunted by her own similar tragedy.

• A Rumor of War (Writer: 1980)

  Adapted from Phillip Caputo’s best-selling memoirs, the award-winning film examines the tragic loss of innocence when a young Marine lieutenant is brought up on charges for giving an order, which led to the death of several Vietnamese civilians. Found innocent, but in many respects he believed himself and maybe the war itself that he was legally innocent but morally guilty.

• China Beach (Co-Creator, Writer, Director, Executive Producer: 1988–1991)