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Maurice Tourneur

Maurice Tourneur

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

02/02/1876

Day of Death

04/08/1961
(85) years old

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Biography

Maurice Félix Thomas (1876 – 1961), known as Maurice Tourneur, was a French film director and screenwriter. His son, Jacques (1904–1977), would follow his father into the film industry, establishing his own reputation as a director of American films in the 1940s and 1950s.

Known For

Maurice Tourneur: Weaver of Dreams

Maurice Tourneur: Weaver of Dreams

Life in Hollywood No. 2

Life in Hollywood No. 2

Mary of the Movies

Mary of the Movies

A Girl's Folly

A Girl's Folly

Filmography

Cast

2024

Maurice Tourneur: Weaver of Dreams

as archival footage

1927

Life in Hollywood No. 2

as Himself

1923

Mary of the Movies

as Maurice Tourneur (uncredited)

1917

A Girl's Folly

as Director (uncredited)

Crew

1948

Impasse of Two Angels

as Director

1948

After Love

as Director

1944

Cecile Is Dead

as Director

1943

Valley of Hell

as Director

1943

Carnival of Sinners

as Director

1943

Carnival of Sinners

as Producer

1942

Miss Bonaparte

as Director

1941

Sins of Youth

as Director

1941

Volpone

as Director

1938

Katia

as Director

1938

Le Patriote

as Director

1936

With a Smile

as Director

1936

Samson

as Director

1935

Crimson Dynasty

as Director

1935

Justin de Marseille

as Director

1934

Obsession

as Director

1933

Le Voleur

as Director

1933

The Two Orphans

as Director

1933

Lidoire

as Director

1933

Lidoire

as Screenplay

1932

Fun in the Barracks

as Director

1932

In the Name of the Law

as Screenplay

1932

In the Name of the Law

as Director

1931

Departure

as Director

1931

Black and White

as Producer

1931

Dance House

as Director

1931

Dance House

as Writer

1930

Accused, Stand Up!

as Director

1929

The Mysterious Island

as Director

1929

The Ship of Lost Men

as Director

1929

The Ship of Lost Men

as Writer

1928

The Crew

as Director

1928

The Crew

as Writer

1926

Aloma of the South Seas

as Director

1926

Old Loves and New

as Director

1926

Clothes Make the Pirate

as Director

1925

Sporting Life

as Director

1925

Never the Twain Shall Meet

as Director

1924

The White Moth

as Director

1924

Torment

as Producer

1924

Torment

as Director

1923

The Brass Bottle

as Director

1923

The Isle of Lost Ships

as Director

1923

The Isle of Lost Ships

as Producer

1923

While Paris Sleeps

as Director

1923

While Paris Sleeps

as Producer

1923

The Christian

as Director

1922

Lorna Doone

as Director

1922

Lorna Doone

as Producer

1921

The Foolish Matrons

as Producer

1921

The Foolish Matrons

as Director

1921

The Bait

as Director

1920

The Last of the Mohicans

as Director

1920

The Last of the Mohicans

as Producer

1920

The Great Redeemer

as Producer

1920

The Great Redeemer

as Director

1920

The County Fair

as Director

1920

The White Circle

as Director

1920

My Lady's Garter

as Director

1920

Treasure Island

as Director

1919

Victory

as Director

1919

Victory

as Producer

1919

The Broken Butterfly

as Director

1919

The Broken Butterfly

as Writer

1919

The Broken Butterfly

as Producer

1919

The Life Line

as Director

1919

The White Heather

as Director

1918

Woman

as Director

1918

Sporting Life

as Director

1918

Sporting Life

as Producer

1918

Sporting Life

as Presenter

1918

A Doll's House

as Director

1918

A Doll's House

as Writer

1918

The Blue Bird

as Director

1918

Prunella

as Director

1917

The Rise of Jenny Cushing

as Director

1917

Barbary Sheep

as Director

1917

Exile

as Director

1917

Law of the Land

as Director

1917

Law of the Land

as Writer

1917

The Whip

as Director

1917

The Poor Little Rich Girl

as Director

1917

A Girl's Folly

as Director

1917

A Girl's Folly

as Writer

1917

The Pride of the Clan

as Director

1916

The Rail Rider

as Director

1916

The Closed Road

as Director

1916

The Closed Road

as Producer

1916

The Closed Road

as Writer

1916

The Hand of Peril

as Producer

1916

The Hand of Peril

as Director

1915

Trilby

as Director

1915

The Ivory Snuff Box

as Director

1915

The Cub

as Director

1915

Alias Jimmy Valentine

as Director

1915

Alias Jimmy Valentine

as Writer

1914

The Pit

as Director

1914

The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old Englan...

as Director

1914

The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old Englan...

as Writer

1914

Man of the Hour

as Director

1914

Man of the Hour

as Writer

1914

Mother

as Director

1914

Mother

as Writer

1914

Rouletabille II: The Last Incarnation of...

as Director

1914

Monsieur Lecoq

as Director

1914

Monsieur Lecoq

as Screenplay

1914

Le Friquet

as Director

1914

The Man with Wax Faces

as Director

1913

The Lady of Monsoreau

as Director

1913

The Lady of Monsoreau

as Screenplay

1913

The Last Pardon

as Director

1913

The Conspiracy; or, the Four Million Dol...

as Director

1913

Dr. Goudron's System

as Director

1913

The Funny Regiment

as Screenplay

1913

The Funny Regiment

as Director

1913

Shepherdess of Ivry

as Director

1913

Shepherdess of Ivry

as Writer