John Sacret Young

       John Sacret Young created and was executive producer of "China
        Beach." He was awarded the Writer's Guild of America Award, his
        second, for the episode "Souvenirs," which he also directed.  He
        won the Peabody Award for the "Vets" episode that he wrote and
        directed, which incorporated interviews with Vietnam veterans.

        Other accolades for his work on "China Beach" include five Emmy
        Award nominations, the Golden Globe, People's Choice and seven
        Viewers For Quality Television Awards. All told, the show was
        nominated for 29 Emmys and eight Writer's Guild Awards, and won 14
        Viewers For Quality Television Awards.

        His additional credits include the screenplay for the
        Oscar-nominated "Testament," "Romero," starring Raul Julia, for
        which he also served as executive producer, and "A Rumor of War," a
        Vietnam-based mini-series that garnered his first Writer's Guild of
        America Award.  He wrote the novel "The Weather Tomorrow" and is
        now finishing "The Black Rainbow," to be published in 1996.