Jacques Tourneur

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Jacques Tourneur
BornNovember 12, 1904
Paris, France
DiedDecember 19, 1977
Bergerac, France
Resting place
OccupationDirector
Years active1931 - 1965


Jacques Tourneur (November 12, 1904–December 19, 1977) was a French-American film director.

Born in Paris, France, he was the son of noted director Maurice Tourneur. As a young man, Jacques went to live in New York City and proceeded to Hollywood with his father. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1919. He is famous for directing three atmospheric "horror" movies (in fact, film noir–influenced films of understated terror) with producer Val Lewton at RKO Radio Pictures in the 1940s: Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie and The Leopard Man. His 1957 film Night of the Demon also enjoys a high reputation and is considered one of the best horror/supernatural films in movie history. Tourneur also directed one of the classics of film noir, Out of the Past, in 1947.

In 1964 Tourneur directed an episode of The Twilight Zone, "Night Call" (Episode 139, February 7, 1964), which proved to be an excellent showcase for Tourneur's directing style. His television work also included episodes of Adventures in Paradise ("A Bride for the Captain", 1962), Bonanza ("Denver McKee", 1962), and T.H.E. Cat (1966). He retired from directing in the late 1960's.

He met his wife, actress Christiane Virideau, while assisting his father on the 1929 German film production Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen ("The Ship of Lost Men").

Jacques Tourneur died in 1977 in Bergerac, Dordogne, France.

Jacques Tourneur received recognition for his contribution to the film industry in Chris Fujiwara's 1998 book Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall.

Filmography

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Films directed by Jacques Tourneur
Tout a Ne Vaut Pas L'Amour (1931) • Pour Etre Aime (1933) • Les Filles De La Concierge (1934) • The Man in the Barn (1937) • They All Come Out (1939) • Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939) • Phantom Raiders (1940) • Doctors Don't Tell (1941) • Cat People (1942) • I Walked with a Zombie (1943) • The Leopard Man (1943) • Days of Glory (1944) • Experiment Perilous (1945) • Canyon Passage (1946) • Out of the Past (1947) • Berlin Express (1948) • Easy Living (1949) • The Flame and the Arrow (1950) • Stars in My Crown (1950) • Circle of Danger (1951) • Anne of the Indies (1951) • Way of a Gaucho (1952) • Appointment in Honduras (1953) • Stranger on Horseback (1955) • Wichita (1955) • Great Day in the Morning (1956) • Nightfall (1957) • Night of the Demon (1957) • The Fearmakers (1958) • The Giant of Marathon (1959) • Timbuktu (1959) • The Comedy of Terrors (1964) • War Gods of the Deep (1965)

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Maurice Tourneur, born February 2, 1873 – died August 4, 1961, was an important international film director and screenwriter.

Born Maurice Thomas in the Belleville district of Paris, France, his father was a jeweler.
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Cat People is a 1942 horror film which tells the story of a young Serbian woman, Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon) who is haunted by the myth of the cat people of her village.
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I Walked with a Zombie is a 1943 horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur.

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The Leopard Man is a 1943 horror movie directed by Jacques Tourneur based on the book "Black Alibi" by Cornell Woolrich.
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