Edward X. Young

Edward X Young studied film television production acting and journalism at Seton Hall University acting and stage directing at Brookdale College business administration at Monmouth University and film production at New York University He honed his acting skills as a member of the RISK Improvisational Theatre Group under the tutelage of Fabir RodriguezAmmirato As a young actor he performed onstage in the New York Metropolitan Area in productions of Amadeus Dracula Children of a Lesser God True West The Boys Next Door and Modigliani He also worked in the theater as a director staging productions of Waiting for Godot Hurlyburly Lunchtime and Wait Until Dark While a part of the Downtown New York City art scene in the late 1970s through the early 1990s he became heavily involved in punk music befriending members of Johnny Thunders band The Heartbreakers Walter Lures band The Waldos and Church Pills He worked as the publicity manager for the band The Suave Elbows which featured musicians Christopher Clunie and Marty Byk After leaving the performing arts for a decade and moving to New Hampshire to raise a family and work as a journalist Ed relaunched his acting career appearing in the radio play The Death Guardbased on the science fiction novel by Philip George Chadwick which was coproduced and directed by Kate Linaker aka Kate Phillips who was the screenwriter of The Blob 1958 for broadcast on New Hampshire radio stations Ed then joined the Greenville Shakespeare Festival of Greenville New Hampshire In 2007 Young relocated back to the New York metro area where he joined the Celtic Theatre Company in residence at Seton Hall University his alma mater His recent film work as an actor is focused on genre horror features He has also worked on numerous experimental film and video projects as director writer editor animator and makeup special effects artist Early collaborative efforts include numerous short film subjects produced in partnership with Daniel Acon