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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 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Terence Young is the 223rd most popular film director (down from 220th in 2019), the 333rd most popular biography from China (up from 335th 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.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Terence Young ranks 223 out of 1,581. Before him are Marco Ferreri, Robert J. Flaherty, Spike Lee, Gus Van Sant, Joseph Losey, and Anatole Litvak. After him are Douglas Sirk, George Stevens, Frank Darabont, Miklós Jancsó, Richard Fleischer, and Margarethe von Trotta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Terence Young ranks 48. Before him are Helmut Schön, Mario Del Monaco, Franz Josef Strauss, Rudolf Kirchschläger, Alan Watts, and Kaoru Ishikawa. After him are Laurent Schwartz, Peter Medawar, Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, Modibo Keïta, Mario Monicelli, and W. Arthur Lewis. Among people deceased in 1994, Terence Young ranks 61. Before him are Roberto Eduardo Viola, Peter Cushing, Rollo May, Cesar Romero, Joseph Cotten, and Sylva Koscina. After him are John Candy, Sebastian Shaw, Chung Il-kwon, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Robert Bloch, and Max Bill.

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In China

Among people born in China, Terence Young ranks 333 out of 1,392. Before him are Trisong Detsen (742), Duke Huan of Qi (-800), Bao Xishun (1951), Jia Xu (147), Yelü Chucai (1189), and Lu Ban (-507). After him are Duan Qirui (1865), Shi Nai'an (1296), Yu Jin (200), Gongsun Zan (null), Yoshiko Yamaguchi (1920), and Su Song (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), Lo Wei (1918), Edward Yang (1947), King Hu (1932), Ann Hui (1947), Chang Cheh (1923), and Chloé Zhao (1982).

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Filmography

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