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 23,524 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

  • 24k

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  • 59.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Terence Youngs by language

Over the past year Terence Young has had the most page views in the with 15,472 views, followed by German (11,634), and Japanese (10,191). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (194.44%), Latvian (174.30%), and Malagasy (129.85%)

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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Filmography

Dr. No
Director
In the film that launched the James Bond saga, Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.
Oct 7o 19627 / 10
From Russia with Love
Director
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
Oct 10o 19637.073 / 10
Thunderball
Director
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
Dec 11o 19656.654 / 10