| Jacques Tourneur | |
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 Tourneur sitting in a director's chair |
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| Born | November 12, 1904 Paris, France |
| Died | December 19, 1977 (aged 73) Bergerac, France |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1931 - 1965 |
Jacques Tourneur (November 12, 1904–December 19, 1977) was a French-American film director.
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Born in Paris, France, he was the son of film director Maurice Tourneur.[1] At age 10, Jacques moved to the United States with his father.[1] He started a career in cinema while still attending high school as an extra and later as a script clerk in various silent films.[1] Both Maurice and Jacques returned to France after his father worked on the film The Mysterious Island in 1925.[1] Tourneur died in 1977 in Bergerac, Dordogne, France.
Jacques began work as a editor and assistant director. He made his debut as a director on French short film Tout ca ne vaut pas l'amour in 1931.[1]
Jacques Tourneur went back to Hollywood in 1934 where he had a contract with MGM Studios.[1] While working as the second unit director on the film A Tale of Two Cities he met film producer Val Lewton.[1] Tourneur made his feature debut as director in the 1939 film They All Come Out in 1939.[1] After Tourneur was dropped by MGM in 1941, he was picked up by Lewton to film several acclaimed low-budget horror films for RKO Studios including Cat People and I Walked with a Zombie.[1] Tourneur was promoted to the A-list at RKO, directing films including Out of the Past and Berlin Express.[1] In the 1950s, Tourneur became a freelance director, filming various genre films including The Flame and the Arrow, Stars In My Crown and Night of the Demon.[1] His last films both starred Vincent Price, with The Comedy of Terrors (1963) and War-Gods of the Deep (1965) for American International Pictures.[1]
After his final days working for film, Tourneur began directing television episodes.[1] Tourneur filmed episodes of Bonanza, The Twilight Zone and The Alaskans. Tourneur's final director credit was for an episode of T.H.E. Cat in 1966.[1] Tourneur then retired and returned to France.[1]
| Director | ||
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| Feature films | ||
| Year | Film | Other notes |
| 1931 | Tout ça ne vaut pas l'amour | |
| 1933 | Toto | |
| Pour être aimé | ||
| 1934 | Les Filles de la concierge | |
| 1938 | They All Come Out | |
| 1939 | Nick Carter, Master Detective | |
| 1940 | Phantom Raiders | |
| 1941 | Doctors Don't Tell | |
| 1942 | Cat People | |
| 1943 | I Walked with a Zombie | |
| The Leopard Man | ||
| 1944 | Days of Glory | |
| Experiment Perilous | ||
| 1946 | Canyon Passage | |
| 1947 | Out of the Past | |
| 1948 | Berlin Express | |
| 1949 | Easy Living | |
| 1950 | Stars In My Crown | |
| The Flame and the Arrow | ||
| 1951 | Circle of Danger | |
| Anne of the Indies | ||
| 1952 | Way of a Gaucho | |
| 1953 | Appointment in Honduras | |
| 1955 | Stranger on Horseback | |
| Wichita | ||
| 1956 | Great Day in the Morning | |
| 1957 | Nightfall | |
| Night of the Demon | ||
| 1958 | The Fearmakers | |
| 1959 | Timbuktu | |
| Frontier Rangers | ||
| Giant of Marathon | ||
| 1964 | The Comedy of Terrors | |
| 1965 | War-Gods of the Deep | |
| Short films | ||
| Year | Film | Other notes |
| 1936 | The Jonker Diamond | |
| Harnessed Rhythm | ||
| Master Will Shakespear | ||
| Killer Dog | ||
| 1937 | The Grand Bounce | |
| The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning | ||
| The King Without a Crown | ||
| The Rainbow Pass | ||
| Romance of Radium | ||
| The Man in the Barn | ||
| What Do You Think? | ||
| 1938 | What Do You Think? (Number Three) | |
| The Ship That Died | ||
| The Face Behind the Mask | ||
| What Do You Think?: Tupapaoo | ||
| Strange Glory | ||
| Think It Over | ||
| 1939 | Yankee Doodle Goes to Town | |
| 1942 | The Incredible Stranger | |
| The Magic Alphabet | ||
| 1944 | Reward Unlimited | |
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   | The Films of Jacques Tourneur - Hometown Has Been Shutdown - People Connection Blog: AIM Community Network |
| | All Movie Guide review of "''Night Call''" - The Twilight Zone: Night Call > Overview - AllMovie |
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