JAMES YOUNG Founder, Animus Films
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Jim Young has been an independent producer at Animus Films since starting the company two years ago. At Animus, he produced the acclaimed documentary YEAR OF THE BULL, which aired last fall on Showtime. Jim is currently developing many other projects with independent companies including Lawrence Bender Productions, Saturn Films, Flavor Unit Productions, Benderspink, Gog Go Pictures, Tollin Robbins Productions, Underground Films, 9th Floor Media, The Mark Gordon Company, and Pressman Films. Previously, Jim was a Creative Associate at actor Bill Paxton's American Entertainment Company. Here, he worked on the production of the film FRAILTY (Matthew McConaughey), released by Lion's Gate. Jim also worked on the development of various projects for studios including Universal, Disney, Revolution, Screen Gems, and HBO. Currently, he is serving as an Executive Producer on the sports reality show, DUFF CHALLENGE, for the Golf Channel and Fox Sports. Jim attended New York University where he majored in Dramatic Literature. He is a native of Washington, D.C.