Freddie Young

Director Of Photography

About

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Also Known As

Frederick Archibald Young, Fred Young, Frederick A Young

Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

October 09, 1902

Died

December 01, 1998

Biography

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Began his career in British film at the age of 15 and graduated to cinematographer in the late 1920s. Young went on to illuminate a host of British and Anglo-American productions and enjoyed a productive long-term association with director David Lean, earning Oscars for his color photography on such lush spectacles as "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) and "Ryan's Daugh...

Filmography

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Arthur's Hallowed Ground (1986)

Sword Of The Valiant (1984)

Director Of Photography

Richard's Things (1981)

Director Of Photography

Rough Cut (1980)

Director Of Photography

Bloodline (1979)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Photos & Videos

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Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Aqaba

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -- (Movie Clip) My Name Is For My Friends

Family & Companions

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Marjorie Young

Wife

Died in 1963; adopted two children with Young.

Joan Young

Wife

Second wife; survived him.

Bibliography

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"Seventy Light Years: A Life in Movies"

Freddie Young, Faber and Faber (1999)

"The Work of the Motion Picture Cameraman"

Freddie Young and P Petzold (1972)

Biography

Began his career in British film at the age of 15 and graduated to cinematographer in the late 1920s. Young went on to illuminate a host of British and Anglo-American productions and enjoyed a productive long-term association with director David Lean, earning Oscars for his color photography on such lush spectacles as "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) and "Ryan's Daughter" (1970).

Young also shot Vincente Minnelli's richly textured "Lust For Life" (1956) and Gene Kelly's "Invitation to the Dance" (1957), a film that integrated live action with animated footage. An octogenarian, Young directed his first film, "Arthur's Hallowed Ground," in 1985.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Arthur's Hallowed Ground (1986)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Sword Of The Valiant (1984)

Director Of Photography

Richard's Things (1981)

Director Of Photography

Rough Cut (1980)

Director Of Photography

Bloodline (1979)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

The Man In The Iron Mask (1977)

Director Of Photography

The Blue Bird (1976)

Director Of Photography

Permission to Kill (1975)

Director Of Photography

The Tamarind Seed (1974)

Director Of Photography

Great Expectations (1974)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Invitation to the Wedding (1973)

Director Of Photography

The Asphyx (1972)

Director Of Photography

Contraband (1940)

Director Of Photography

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Rough Cut (1980)

Dp/Cinematographer

The Man In The Iron Mask (1977)

Dp/Cinematographer

Cast (Short)

DARKNESS INTO LIGHT (1956)

Cinematography (TV Mini-Series)

Ike: The War Years (1979)

Director Of Photography

Life Events

1917

Entered films at age 15 working at Gaumont Studios; did a variety of jobs from sweeping the studios to developing film to cranking the camera

1918

Worked as camera assistant

1926

First solo credit as director of photography, "Victory 1918"

1928

Joined Herbert Wilcox's company, British & Dominions

1935

Initial screen collaboration with David Lean, "Escape Me Never", directed by Paul Czinner; Lean served as editor

1938

Travelled to the USA; shot first American film, "Sixty Glorious Years" for RKO

1939

Served as director of photography on "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"

1939

"Nurse Edith Cavell" marked last collaboration with Wilcox

1941

Shot "49th Parallel" for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger; edited by Lean

1946

Shot "Caesar and Cleopatra"

1949

Became chief cinematographer for MGM-British

1952

Earned initial Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography for "Ivanhoe"

1956

With Russell Harlan, shared duties as director of photography on "Lust for Life"

1959

Left MGM to freelance

1960

Early TV credit, the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production of "Macbeth"; released theatrically in 1963

1962

First of five features with David Lean as director, the epic "Lawrence of Arabia"; received first Oscar for Best Cinematography

1965

Earned second Academy Award for his luscious work on Lean's "Doctor Zhivago"

1967

Served as cinematographer for the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice"

1970

Garnered third Oscar for his cinematography for "Ryan's Daughter"; final collaboration with David Lean

1971

Received fifth and last Academy Award nomination for work on the historical epic "Nicholas and Alexandra"

1974

Shot the NBC TV-movie "Great Expectations"

1976

Was cinematographer on "The Blue Bird", directed by George Cukor; first joint US-USSR production

1977

Shot the NBC TV-movie "The Man in the Iron Mask"

1979

Served as director of photography for European locations on the ABC miniseries "Ike"; shared Emmy nomination

1984

Final feature credit as director of photography, "Sword of the Valiant - The Legend of Gawain and the Green Knight"

1985

At age 82, directed first feature, "Arthur's Hallowed Ground"; part of producer David Puttnam's "First Love" series begun in 1983; made for British TV; received US theatrical release in 1986

Videos

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Aqaba Peter O'Toole (title character) has intimated that he and colleagues (Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn) were less-than sober for the glorious raid on Aqaba, Jordan, actually shot in Spain, in David Lean's Lawrence Of Arabia, 1962.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -- (Movie Clip) My Name Is For My Friends Remarkable tension and photography by Freddie Young, as Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) and Tafas (Zia Mohyeddin) meet Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif) in a famous scene from David Lean's Lawrence Of Arabia, 1962.

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Did You Know Him Well? Joining director David Lean’s opening after credits, Peter O’Toole (title character) meets his end, then shooting a soundstage interior but real exterior of St. Paul’s, London, Anthony Quayle, Jack Hawkins and Arthur Kennedy among the mourners, from Lawrence Of Arabia, 1962.

Ryan's Daughter (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Good Luck To All Irishmen In Ireland during the First World War, widower schoolteacher Charles (Robert Mitchum) returning from Dublin, at the pub with Father Collins (Trevor Howard), Ryan (Leo McKern), McArdle (Archie O'Sullivan) and Brit soldiers, early in David Lean's Ryan's Daughter, 1970.

Ryan's Daughter (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Is No One Going To Kiss The Bride? At their wedding party in rural Ireland, 1916, the bride Rosy (Sarah Miles) is overwhelmed by attention, especially outcast Michael (John Mills), rescued by Charles (Robert Mitchum) her widower husband, her father (Leo McKern) and the priest (Trevor Howard) monitoring, in David Lean’s Ryan’s Daughter, 1970.

You Only LIve Twice (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Nothing But Volcanoes In his "toy" helicopter "Little Nellie," 007 comes under assault from bigger choppers as he approaches Blofeld's volcano hide-away in You Only Live Twice, 1967.

You Only Live Twice (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Am Ernst Stavro Blofeld Perhaps a SPOILER as it's an hour and thirty-nine minutes into the picture, Blofeld (Donald Pleasence) finally appears facing the camera, having thwarted 007 (Sean Connery) in his scheme to sneak aboard a captured Soviet spaceship, in the fifth James Bond feature, You Only Live Twice, 1967.

Battle Of Britain, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Buck Up The Civilians Opening with action over France, May, 1940, director Guy Hamilton introduces Christopher Plummer as Brit Squadron Leader Harvey, irritated with flier Jamie (James Cosmo) for showing off, greeting Robert Shaw as colleague Skipper, Edward Fox and Ian McShane recognizing the signs, in Battle Of Britain, 1969.

Battle Of Britain, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) To Stem The German Invasion Director Guy Hamilton getting his money’s worth in his introduction of Laurence Olivier (himself a navy pilot in WWII) as the popular Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding, who himself served as a consultant on the film, reading from a real letter advocating an unpopular position, confronting Harry Andrews, early in Battle Of Britain, 1969.

Haunted Honeymoon (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Rather Like Getting Off Dope Opening the feature made at MGM-British studios, Americans Robert Montgomery and Constance Cummings as about-to-be-wed Lord Peter Wimsey and novelist Harriet Vane, who played the same roles on Broadway (in the only play by the novelist Dorothy L. Sayers), swearing off amateur sleuthing, in Haunted Honeymoon, 1940.

Haunted Honeymoon (1940) -- (Movie Clip) A Trifle Uncharitable Headed back to London to escape the brewing murder mystery in the village where they’re honeymooning, Lord Peter and Harriet (Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings), trying to break their amateur crime-solving habit, get entangled with London friend Inspector Kirk (Leslie Banks) and loyal butler Bunter (Sir Seymour Hicks), in Haunted Honeymoon, 1940.

Haunted Honeymoon (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Been Up To London? Introducing several characters, Eliot Makeham as estate agent Simpson, back from London, greeted by Frank Pettingwell as Puffett, then Robert Newton and Joan Kemp-Welch as fiancés Frank and Aggie, then Roy Emerton as her uncle Noakes (soon the murder victim!), in MGM’s Lord Peter Wimsey mystery, with Robert Montgomery and Constance Cummings, Haunted Honeymoon, 1940.

You Only Live Twice (1967) -- (Original Trailer) Sean Connery as James Bond winds up in Japan, investigating a space hijacking, in the fifth 007 feature from producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, You Only Live Twice, 1967, with Akiko Wakabayashi.

Ryan's Daughter - (Original Trailer) An Irish lass is branded a traitor when she falls for a British soldier in David Lean's Ryan's Daughter (1970).

Battle Of Britain - (Original Trailer) Michael Caine and Sir Laurence Olivier head an all-star cast in the story of the Battle Of Britain (1969).

Companions

Marjorie Young

Wife

Died in 1963; adopted two children with Young.

Joan Young

Wife

Second wife; survived him.

Bibliography

"Seventy Light Years: A Life in Movies"

Freddie Young, Faber and Faber (1999)

"The Work of the Motion Picture Cameraman"

Freddie Young and P Petzold (1972)

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