Fred Young (director)

Fred Young was an ethnic Chinese film director and producer active in the Dutch East Indies and its successor state, Indonesia. He reportedly studied film in Hollywood as a youth, but only entered the nations film industry in 1940. After he made his debut as a writer with Sorga Palsoe, he was involved in some 36160productions, 23160as director.

Young was born in Semarang, Central Java, to Chinese parents onOctober 1900. He had a junior high school education in the Dutch East Indies. However, he reportedly was in Los Angeles, US, by the 1920s, learning about film with The Teng Chun and Nelson Wong. Young would work with The later in his career.

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