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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 367,657 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jacques Tourneur is the 365th most popular film director, the 2,057th most popular biography from France (up from 2,093rd in 2019) and the 46th most popular French Film Director.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.55

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  • 2.64

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jacques Tourneur ranks 365 out of 1,581Before him are Derek Jarman, Nanni Moretti, Chen Kaige, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Ladislas Starevich, and Merian C. Cooper. After him are Anthony Minghella, Jacques Copeau, Norman Jewison, Lo Wei, Adolph Zukor, and Irvin Kershner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Jacques Tourneur ranks 97Before him are Edmond Hamilton, María Zambrano, José Antonio Aguirre, Christopher Isherwood, Heinz Jost, and Mihai Antonescu. After him are Edmund Veesenmayer, Emilio Fernández, Karl Ernst, Max Mallowan, Nikolai Berzarin, and Arkady Gaidar. Among people deceased in 1977, Jacques Tourneur ranks 70Before him are Tom Pryce, Bruno Streckenbach, Kamal Jumblatt, Edmond Hamilton, Marien Ngouabi, and Oskar Klein. After him are Kinuyo Tanaka, Hanns Martin Schleyer, Edmund Veesenmayer, Shogo Kamo, Džemal Bijedić, and John Edensor Littlewood.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Tourneur ranks 2,057 out of 6,011Before him are Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1955), Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734), Antoine Busnois (1430), Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria (1278), Amédée Ozenfant (1886), and Danielle Mitterrand (1924). After him are Jacques Cazotte (1719), Hugh of Châteauneuf (1053), Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723), Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (1812), Pierre Hadot (1922), and Jean Calas (1698).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jacques Tourneur ranks 46Before him are Claude Sautet (1924), Francis Veber (1937), François Ozon (1967), Guy Hamilton (1922), Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), and Louis Delluc (1890). After him are Jacques Copeau (1879), Philippe Garrel (1948), Jacques Audiard (1952), Jean Girault (1924), Marcel Camus (1912), and Claude Zidi (1934).

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