Terence Young

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Shaun Terence Young (born June 20, 1915 in Shanghai , China , † September 7, 1994 in Cannes , France ) was a British director . He is mainly through his three James Bond films Dr. No (1962), Greetings from Moscow (1963) and Fireball (1965).

Life

At the age of 21, Terence Young entered the world of film as a screenwriter for British films of the 1940s and 1950s. He later gained his first experience as an assistant director on Ralph Richardson's film On the Night of the Fire (1940) during World War II , before directing various films for Irwin Allens and Albert R. Broccoli's Studio Warwick Films . His first significant work as a director came in 1953 with the film The Red Beret , in which Alan Ladd endorsed the victory of the Americans and British in the First World War. Young had written and directed the script three years before it opened in theaters. The contemporary critics rated this film as Terence Young's best film to date.

During the Second World War , Young was housed in a parachute squadron. He took part in the Battle of Arnhem , where he was wounded and taken to a hospital. There he was cared for by a nurse who later became famous as an actress - Audrey Hepburn . Twenty years later, the two of them worked together for the film Wait Until It Is Dark .

Later, it was mainly his good relationships with Albert R. Broccoli that earned him the responsibility as director of the first two Bond films.

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SURNAME Young, Terence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Young, Shaun Terence (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British director
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Shanghai , China
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1994
Place of death Cannes , France