TCF Ep. 554 - William Allen Young

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Cameras, Art, Photoshop, Visual Arts, Career, Interviews, Photographers, Arts, Photography, Photo, Digital

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

William Allen Young is an American actor and director who has starred in over 100 television, stage, and film projects, including two Academy Award-nominated films, A Soldier's Story and District 9. He is best known for his roles as Frank Mitchell on UPN's Moesha, Dr. Rollie Guthrie on the CBS medical drama Code Black, and as Judge Joseph Ratner on CBS's CSI Miami. His other television credits include ABC's The Day After, General Hospital, CBS's Madame Secretary, JAG, Atlanta Child Murders, and The Women of Brewster Place, among other shows. He is also credited with helping to diversify the ranks of writers, actors, directors and producers in Hollywood through the landmark 2000 TV Network Agreement, which he helped broker while serving as a former co-chair of the African-American Steering Committee of the Directors Guild of America. He can be currently seen on the cast of 911: Lone Star on the Fox Network. Websites William Allen Young Sponsor Charcoal Book Club - Sign up today Education Resources: Momenta Photographic Workshops Candid Frame Resources Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

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0:00.0	This episode of the Candid Frame is sponsored by Charcoal Book Club.
0:15.4	The Charcoal Book Club is the monthly subscription service for photobook enthusiasts.
0:21.0	Working with the most respected names in contemporary photography,
0:24.6	charcoal selects and delivers essential photo books to a worldwide community of collectors.
0:30.9	Each month, members receive a signed first edition monograph and an exclusive print to add to their collections.
0:44.4	Join the club by visiting charcoal book club.com and use the promo code the candor frame at checkout and receive a 10% discount on your first membership payment.
0:52.8	I have been blessed with good friendships in my life, for which I'm very grateful.
0:59.3	Some of them have been as a direct result of the candid frame, which was an unexpected benefit
1:05.3	of producing the show. However, one of the people who has become a significant linchpin in my life goes back all the way to high school, where he was one of my teachers.
1:16.8	He wasn't a photography teacher, but a drama teacher who during his short tenure left a lifelong impression on me.
1:24.4	William Allen Young is an actor who is best known for his character of Frank Mitchell,
1:29.4	the patriarch of the family on the popular 90s sitcom, Moesha.
1:34.5	His credits include a long list of television programs and films,
1:38.7	not least of which are This Is Us, Code Black, District 9, and a soldier's story.
1:44.7	But for me, he's been a mentor and an emotional touchstone that has provided me great insight
1:50.6	into what it means to be a man and an artist.
1:54.4	We share a wonderful synchronicity that has made our conversation special for the both of us.
2:00.8	So I thought that I would finally record one of our conversations for you.
2:06.3	I hope you take as much from it as we do.
2:09.9	This is IbarianX and welcome back to the Candid Frame.
2:19.1	So how are you, brother?
2:20.9	I'm good, man.
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