Terence Young was a British film director best known for his work on the James Bond films Dr. No, From Russia with Love, and Thunderball. He also directed the 1963 film The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders. Young was born in Shanghai, China, to British parents. His father was a businessman and his mother was a socialite. Young's parents divorced when he was four and his mother remarried soon after. Young was educated in England, attending Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire.
After finishing school, Young moved to London where he worked as a journalist for the Sunday Express newspaper. He also began working as a screenwriter and director for a number of low-budget British films.
In 1962, Young was chosen to direct the first James Bond film, Dr. No. The film was a critical and commercial success, helping to launch the James Bond franchise. Young went on to direct two more Bond films, From Russia with Love and Thunderball. In addition to his work on the James Bond films, Young also directed a number of other successful films, including The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1963), Wait Until Dark (1967), and Battle of Britain (1969). Young retired from filmmaking in the early 1970s. He died in London in 2002 at the age of 87.
