FILM DIRECTOR

Maurice Tourneur

1876 - 1961

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Maurice Félix Thomas (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis feliks tɔmɑ]; 2 February 1876 – 4 August 1961), known as Maurice Tourneur (pronounced [tuʁnœʁ]), was a French film director and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Tourneur has received more than 100,780 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Maurice Tourneur is the 722nd most popular film director (down from 707th in 2019), the 3,598th most popular biography from France (down from 3,392nd in 2019) and the 98th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Maurice Tourneur ranks 722 out of 2,041. Before him are Paul Grimault, Steno, Tatyana Lioznova, Charles Vidor, Otakar Vávra, and Corey Yuen. After him are Jack Arnold, Emile Ardolino, Clyde Geronimi, Alexei Uchitel, Dan O'Bannon, and Rudolph Maté.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Maurice Tourneur ranks 112. Before him are Elmer Drew Merrill, Óscar R. Benavides, Heinrich Tessenow, Constantin von Economo, Rupert Mayer, and Aaron Aaronsohn. After him are Aino Ackté, Ioannis Georgiadis, Pingali Venkayya, Stephanos Christopoulos, Erhard Schmidt, and Borisav Stanković. Among people deceased in 1961, Maurice Tourneur ranks 99. Before him are Nina Bari, Belinda Lee, H.D., Alexander Goldenweiser, Max Weber, and Ben Adams. After him are Govind Ballabh Pant, Leonhard Frank, Mazo de la Roche, Morris Travers, Walter Bedell Smith, and Kateryna Bilokur.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Tourneur ranks 3,598 out of 6,770. Before him are Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940), François de Tournon (1489), Achille Valenciennes (1794), Micheline Bernardini (1927), Lucien Simon (1861), and Henri Callot (1875). After him are Jean Robic (1921), Joseph Duplessis (1725), Magda Julin (1894), Alfred Sauvy (1898), Sébastien Vaillant (1669), and Peter of Bruys (1095).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Maurice Tourneur ranks 98. Before him are Bruno Nuytten (1945), Gérard Krawczyk (1953), Claude Pinoteau (1925), Pierre Granier-Deferre (1927), Jacques Rozier (1926), and Paul Grimault (1905). After him are Albert Capellani (1874), Michel Audiard (1920), Pierre Schoendoerffer (1928), Alain Cavalier (1931), Claude Miller (1942), and Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932).

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Filmography

Carnival of Sinners
Director
A struggling artist buys a talisman that gives him love, fame and wealth. The talisman is a severed left hand, and it works perfectly, in fact, magically. But of course there is nothing free in this world, and after one year the devil comes and asks for his due.
Mar 21o 19436.7 / 10
The Last of the Mohicans
Director
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye.
Nov 21o 19206.395 / 10
The Poor Little Rich Girl
Director
Gwen's family is rich, but her parents ignore her and most of the servants push her around, so she is lonely and unhappy. Her father is concerned only with making money, and her mother cares only about her social position. But one day a servant's irresponsibility creates a crisis that causes everyone to rethink what is important to them.
Mar 5o 19175.8 / 10