Background
Younger was born in Brooklyn, and raised in a Modern Orthodox Jewish household in Eltingville, Staten Island.
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Younger was born in Brooklyn, and raised in a Modern Orthodox Jewish household in Eltingville, Staten Island.
He attended a yeshiva, before entering Queens College, part of the City University of New York, where he studied political science.
Early life and career While at university, he started performing comedy. After leaving university, he set his sights on a career in politics, taking on a role as a policy analyst for the New York City comptroller"s office, where he served as a legislative aide to Alan Hevesi. After that, he successfully managed the State Assembly campaign for Queens Democrat Melinda Katz, becoming, at 21, the city"s youngest ever campaign manager.
He wrote and directed a short film,L & M, as well as working on a number of feature films as a grip, and directing music videos and commercials.
Boiler Room He spent two years researching the underground telemarketing brokerage industry as background for his screenplay. Boiler Room was released in 2000.
A corporate drama in the mold of Wall Street and Glengarry Glen Ross, with colorful dialogue that some critics compared to David Mamet, the film exposed the shady world of "chop shops" (underground brokerage firms), and starred Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nicky Katt, Jamie Kennedy, and Ben Affleck. Prime Younger"s second film,, is a romantic comedy about the relationship between a young Jewish man and an older gentile woman.
The film stars Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep.
The movie was prominently featured in the Home Box Office show Unscripted because Bryan Greenberg, star of Unscripted was also the male lead in Prime. Younger appeared as himself in the episodes where the movie was featured. Bleed Foreign This Younger"s third film is an American biographical drama based on the life of former World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza.
Younger both wrote and directed.
The film stars Miles Teller, Katey Sagal, Amanda Clayton and Aaron Eckhart, and is executive produced by Martin Scorsese. The film is slated to be released this Fall.
Other projects In addition to his film projects, Younger has been published in The New Yorker, and has sold numerous television pilots to Forex, National Broadcasting Company, American Broadcasting Company and Fox, to name a few. Younger is a keen motorcycle racing enthusiast, and has expressed a desire to make a film about road racing.
Despite his success, Younger became disenchanted with politics, and by 1995 started to seek a creative outlet that would rekindle the excitement he felt as a stand-up comedian. In 1995, he attended an interview for a job in a brokerage firm, and immediately conceived the idea that went on to become his first film, Boiler Room.