Terence Young (director)
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).
For other uses, see Terence Young (disambiguation).
Terence Young
7 September 1994 (aged 79)
British
Shaun Terence Young
Film director, screenwriter
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Early life and education[edit]
Young was born in the International Settlement, of Shanghai, China to British parents,[3] His civil registration documents gives his name as Stewart Terence Herbert Young,[1] though he also used the name Shaun Terence Young,[4] and is listed as such by the British Film Institute's Screenonline database.
Young’s father was a deputy commissioner of the Shanghai Municipal Police. His family moved back to England when he was a child, and he was educated at Harrow School in London. He read history at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. During the Second World War Young rose to the rank of captain in the British Army, and as intelligence officer of the Guards Armoured Division, Young participated in Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands and was wounded.[1]
Death[edit]
Young died of a heart attack in Cannes; he was 79.[18]