Harold Young (filmmaker)

Harold Young
Harold Young
Born	November 13, 1897; Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Died	March 3, 1972 (aged 74); Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Columbia University
Occupation(s)	Film director and film editor

Harold Young (November 13, 1897 – March 3, 1972)^[1] was an American film director, editor, and occasional actor.

Career

Young was born in 1897 in Portland, Oregon,^[1] where he was raised and attended high school.^[2]

After graduating from Columbia University,^[2] Young began his career as a film editor from 1923 to 1934, working first on a series of George O'Hara short subjects under the director Malcolm St. Clair.

Young's best-known early directorial assignment is probably The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), starring Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon, one example of his occasional work in Britain.

He died on March 3, 1972, in Beverly Hills, California.

As editor:

As director:

^ ^a ^b Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (Third ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 833. ISBN 978-0-786-47992-4.
^ ^a ^b Ramsaye, Terry, ed. (1938). International Motion Picture Almanac: 1937–38. New York City, New York: The Quigley Publishing Company. p. 865.