FILM DIRECTOR

Jacques Tourneur

1904 - 1977

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Jacques Tourneur (; French: [tuʁnœʁ]; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French-American filmmaker, active during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known as an auteur of stylish and atmospheric genre films, many of them for RKO Pictures, including the horror films Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, and The Leopard Man, and the classic film noir Out of the Past. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Tourneur has received more than 405,479 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Jacques Tourneur is the 440th most popular film director (down from 364th in 2019), the 2,481st most popular biography from France (down from 2,050th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jacques Tourneur ranks 440 out of 2,041. Before him are Bo Widerberg, Delmer Daves, Yuri Norstein, Ariane Mnouchkine, Arthur Hiller, and Thomas Vinterberg. After him are Louis Feuillade, Bertrand Blier, René Laloux, Don Bluth, William A. Wellman, and Václav Vorlíček.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Jacques Tourneur ranks 106. Before him are Tadao Takayama, Karl Ernst, Achille Varzi, Delmer Daves, Nikolai Berzarin, and Alexandrina of Balazar. After him are Wang Ming, Margaret Bourke-White, Greer Garson, Arkady Gaidar, Yulii Khariton, and Giuseppe Terragni. Among people deceased in 1977, Jacques Tourneur ranks 90. Before him are Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Giorgio Pessina, Kinuyo Tanaka, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Delmer Daves, and Shogo Kamo. After him are Alexander Rodimtsev, Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Pierre Clastres, Erroll Garner, Samael Aun Weor, and Pan Yuliang.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Tourneur ranks 2,481 out of 6,770. Before him are Marcellin Marbot (1782), André Thevet (1516), Jean-Étienne Championnet (1762), Antoine Pinay (1891), Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643), and Matthias of Arras (1290). After him are Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon (1720), Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle (1710), Renaud Camus (1946), Decentius (300), John I, Duke of Brittany (1217), and Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany (1391).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jacques Tourneur ranks 62. Before him are Aleksandar Petrović (1929), Claude Zidi (1934), Édouard Molinaro (1928), Jean Eustache (1938), Maurice Pialat (1925), and Ariane Mnouchkine (1939). After him are Louis Feuillade (1873), Bertrand Blier (1939), René Laloux (1929), Philippe Garrel (1948), Yves Allégret (1907), and Gérard Oury (1919).

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Filmography

The Twilight Zone
Director
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
8.4 / 10
Out of the Past
Director
Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Nov 25th 19477.601 / 10
Cat People
Director
A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.
Dec 5th 19426.908 / 10