Georges Lourau

Georges Lourau
Born30 October 1898
Died12 October 1974 (aged 75)
OccupationProducer
Years active1931-1968 (film)

Georges Lourau (1898–1974) was a French film producer active from the 1930s to the 1960s. During the 1930s he was the director of Tobis Filmsonor, the French subsidiary of Germany company Tobis Film based at Epinay Studios in Paris.[1] In the postwar era he was associated with the distribution outfit Cinédis, producing four films directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot.[2] He was also a president of Unifrance.[3] He was a member of the jury at the 1937 Venice Film Festival and the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.

  1. ^ Roust p.111
  2. ^ Lloyd p.10
  3. ^ Segrave p.94