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Jacques Tourneur | |
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 Tourneur on set of Canyon Passage, 1946[1] | |
| Born | Jacques Thomas November 12, 1904 Paris, France |
| Died | December 19, 1977 (aged 73) Bergerac, France |
| Other names | Jack Turner |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer, editor |
| Years active | 1929–1965 |
| Father | Maurice Tourneur |
Jacques Tourneur (/ˈtʊrnər/; 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.
- ^ Tourneur 2016, 00:14:10.