FILM DIRECTOR

Terence Young

1915 - 1994

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Stewart Terence Herbert Young (20 June 1915 – 7 September 1994) was a British 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terence Young has received more than 24,729 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Terence Young is the 236th most popular film director (down from 223rd in 2019), the 370th most popular biography from China (down from 332nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chinese Film Director.

Terence Young is most famous for being the director of the first James Bond film, Dr. No.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Terence Young ranks 236 out of 2,041. Before him are Arthur Penn, Věra Chytilová, Gus Van Sant, Edwin S. Porter, Gabriel Axel, and Ruggero Deodato. After him are Jacques Becker, Béla Tarr, Jafar Panahi, Michael Moore, James Ivory, and Yılmaz Güney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Terence Young ranks 49. Before him are Laurent Schwartz, Rashid Behbudov, Denis Thatcher, Mario Monicelli, Modibo Keïta, and Takahito, Prince Mikasa. After him are Kaoru Ishikawa, Marie-Louise von Franz, Peter Medawar, Helmut Schön, Miroslav Filipović, and Jacques Chaban-Delmas. Among people deceased in 1994, Terence Young ranks 64. Before him are Ken Noritake, Jean-Louis Barrault, Sylva Koscina, John Candy, Joseph Cotten, and Lionel Stander. After him are Rollo May, Sebastian Shaw, Cesar Romero, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Paisios of Mount Athos, and Robert Bloch.

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In China

Among people born in China, Terence Young ranks 370 out of 1,610. Before him are Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814), Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür (1304), Guo Moruo (1892), Yoshiko Yamaguchi (1920), Fuchai (-550), and Trisong Detsen (742). After him are Xu Guangqi (1562), Bei Dao (1949), Zhang Daoling (34), 11th Dalai Lama (1838), Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (867), and Guo Xi (1020).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In China

Among film directors born in China, Terence Young ranks 4. Before him are Zhang Yimou (1950), John Woo (1946), and Wong Kar-wai (1958). After him are Yuen Woo-ping (1945), Chen Kaige (1952), Edward Yang (1947), Lo Wei (1918), King Hu (1932), Ann Hui (1947), Xie Jin (1923), and James Wong Howe (1899).

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