Omar Young is a Peruvian documentary filmmaker working in the United States. He is a director and editor known for Netflix's original series Street Food: USA (2022), his short film Takes Four Years to Grow Coffee (2021) and The College Tour (2020) series.

Passionate about real untold stories from diverse voices, he travels the world looking for the next story. He graduated from the University of Central Florida with a B.F.A in Film Production.