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. He is also known for directing Night of the Demon, which was released by Columbia Pictures. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Tourneur is the 440th most popular film director, the 2,492nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,481st 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 Andrew V. McLaglen, Assi Dayan, Michael Radford, Yves Boisset, Guy Hamilton, and Kon Ichikawa. After him are Wolfgang Reitherman, Alf Sjöberg, Russ Meyer, Alberto Lattuada, Václav Vorlíček, and Alexander Korda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Jacques Tourneur ranks 108. Before him are Christian-Jaque, Yevgenia Ginzburg, Sergey Biryuzov, Kuvempu, Lidia Zamenhof, and Attilio Ferraris. After him are Arkady Gaidar, Ding Ling, Felix Nussbaum, István Horthy, Coleman Hawkins, and Luigi Bertolini. Among people deceased in 1977, Jacques Tourneur ranks 86. Before him are Edmond Hamilton, Nicolae Kovács, Carl Zuckmayer, Yevgenia Ginzburg, Arsenio Erico, and Wilhelm Boger. After him are Erroll Garner, Scott Bradley, Alphonse Massamba-Débat, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, and Luigi Bertolini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Tourneur ranks 2,492 out of 6,770. Before him are Gaston Paris (1839), Pierre Gamarra (1919), Theobald I, Count of Blois (910), Jacques Laffitte (1767), Drogo of Champagne (670), and Charles Plumier (1646). After him are Matthieu Ricard (1946), André Dussollier (1946), Hans van den Broek (1936), Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (1845), Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700), and Dominique Pinon (1955).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jacques Tourneur ranks 62. Before him are Louis Delluc (1890), Olivier Assayas (1955), Jacques Copeau (1879), Christian-Jaque (1904), Yves Boisset (1939), and Guy Hamilton (1922). After him are Jean Eustache (1938), Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), Aleksandar Petrović (1929), Philippe Garrel (1948), André Téchiné (1943), and Patrice Leconte (1947).

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