Terence Young (director)

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Terence Young
Born
Stewart Terence Herbert Young

(1915-06-20)20 June 1915
Shanghai International Settlement, China
Died7 September 1994(1994-09-07) (aged 79)
Cannes, France
NationalityBritish
Other namesShaun Terence Young
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Spouse
Dorothea Bennett
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(m. 1942)​
Children3

Stewart Terence Herbert Young[1] (20 June 1915 – 7 September 1994) was a British[2][1][3] film director and screenwriter who worked in the United Kingdom, Europe and Hollywood. He is best known for directing three James Bond films: the first two films in the series, Dr. No (1962) and From Russia with Love (1963), and Thunderball (1965). His other films include the Audrey Hepburn thrillers Wait Until Dark (1967) and Bloodline (1979), the historical drama Mayerling (1968), the infamous Korean War epic Inchon (1981), and the Charles Bronson films Cold Sweat (1970), Red Sun (1971), and The Valachi Papers (1972).

  1. ^ a b Low, Rachel (23 September 2004). "Young, (Stewart) Terence Herbert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/55863. Retrieved 10 September 2023. He came home to be educated, and read history at St Catharine's College (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Law, Johnathan (1995). Brewer's Cinema. Cassell. p. 611. ISBN 0304342351. Retrieved 7 September 2023. British director
  3. ^ "Terence Young". The Times. 8 September 1994. p. 19. Retrieved 11 September 2023. "Terence Young, British film director ... Terence Young was born in China of British parents. He grew up partly there and partly in this country...