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Jacques Tourneur(1904-1977)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Editor
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Jacques Tourneur
Born in Paris in 1904, Tourneur went to Hollywood with his father, director Maurice Tourneur around 1913. He started out as a script clerk and editor for his father, then graduated to such jobs as directing shorts (often with the pseudonym Jack Turner), both in France and America. He was hired to run the second unit for David O. Selznick's A Tale of Two Cities (1935), where he first met Val Lewton. In 1942, when Lewton was named to head the new horror unit at RKO, he asked Tourneur to be his first director. The result was the highly artistic (and commercially successful) Cat People (1942). Tourneur went on to direct masterpieces in many different genres, all showing a great command of mood and atmosphere.
BornNovember 12, 1904
DiedDecember 19, 1977(73)
BornNovember 12, 1904
DiedDecember 19, 1977(73)
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Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Jacques Tourneur in Out of the Past (1947)
Jacques Tourneur in Berlin Express (1948)
Robert Mitchum, Nicholas Musuraca, Jane Greer, and Jacques Tourneur in Out of the Past (1947)
Jacques Tourneur

Known for

Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer in Out of the Past (1947)
Out of the Past
8.0
  • Director
  • 1947
Simone Simon in Cat People (1942)
Cat People
7.2
  • Director
  • 1942
Dana Andrews and Peggy Cummins in Curse of the Demon (1957)
Curse of the Demon
7.4
  • Director
  • 1957
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
I Walked with a Zombie
7.0
  • Director
  • 1943

Credits

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Director

  • Cinéma de minuit (1976)
    Cinéma de minuit
  • Robert Loggia in T.H.E. Cat (1966)
    T.H.E. Cat
  • City in the Sea (1965)
    City in the Sea
  • The Twilight Zone (1959)
    The Twilight Zone
  • Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Basil Rathbone, Joe E. Brown, and Joyce Jameson in The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
    The Comedy of Terrors
  • Gardner McKay in Adventures in Paradise (1959)
    Adventures in Paradise
  • Tuesday Weld in Follow the Sun (1961)
    Follow the Sun
  • Ronald Reagan in General Electric Theater (1953)
    General Electric Theater
  • Fury River (1961)
    Fury River
  • Barbara Stanwyck in The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)
    The Barbara Stanwyck Show
  • Aftermath (1960)
    Aftermath
  • Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, and Pernell Roberts in Bonanza (1959)
    Bonanza
  • Mission of Danger (1960)
    Mission of Danger
  • The Giant of Marathon (1959)
    The Giant of Marathon
  • The Alaskans (1959)
    The Alaskans

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Louis Jouvet in Volpone (1941)
    Volpone
    • (uncredited)
  • Tyrone Power and Norma Shearer in Marie Antoinette (1938)
    Marie Antoinette
    • (uncredited)
  • Le patriote (1938)
    Le patriote
    • (uncredited)
  • Samson (1936)
    Samson
    • (uncredited)
  • Elizabeth Allan, Ronald Colman, and Donald Woods in A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
    A Tale of Two Cities
    • (uncredited)
  • Leo Carrillo, Louise Fazenda, and Ted Healy in The Winning Ticket (1935)
    The Winning Ticket
  • Régine Dancourt, Lucien Gallas, and Firmin Gémier in Grandeur and Decadence (1933)
    Grandeur and Decadence
  • Fernandel, Jean Gabin, and Raimu in Fun in the Barracks (1932)
    Fun in the Barracks
  • Au nom de la loi (1932)
    Au nom de la loi
  • Partir (1931)
    Partir
  • Accusée... levez-vous! (1930)
    Accusée... levez-vous!
  • The Ship of Lost Men (1929)
    The Ship of Lost Men
  • Eleanor Boardman and William Haines in Tell It to the Marines (1926)
    Tell It to the Marines
    • (uncredited)

Editor

  • Rothchild (1933)
    Rothchild
  • Le voleur (1933)
    Le voleur
  • Régine Dancourt, Lucien Gallas, and Firmin Gémier in Grandeur and Decadence (1933)
    Grandeur and Decadence
  • Fernandel, Jean Gabin, and Raimu in Fun in the Barracks (1932)
    Fun in the Barracks
  • Au nom de la loi (1932)
    Au nom de la loi
  • Partir (1931)
    Partir
  • Maison de danses (1931)
    Maison de danses
  • Accusée... levez-vous! (1930)
    Accusée... levez-vous!

Personal details

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    • November 12, 1904
    • Paris, France
    • December 19, 1977
    • Bergerac, Dordogne, France(undisclosed causes)
    • Christiane TourneurApril 22, 1935 - December 19, 1977 (his death)
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    • 3 Articles

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    He has directed two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Cat People (1942) and Out of the Past (1947).
  • Quotes
    Largely, I hate doing television; it's horrible. It's against everything I believe in; if you don't bring some of your individuality and some of your experience and sensitivity to bear on a subject, you don't get more than a mechanical result.

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