Person
Maurice Tourneur
Directing · 1876–1961 · 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
Le Friquet
Director
Shepherdess of Ivry
Director
Monsieur Lecoq
Director
Deep Waters
Director
Mother
Director
Departure
Director
The Bait
Director
The Funny Regiment
Screenplay
Victory
Director
Lidoire
Director
Filmography
- 2024Maurice Tourneur: Weaver of Dreamsarchival footage
- 1948Impasse of Two AngelsDirector
- 1948After LoveDirector
- 1944Cecile Is DeadDirector
- 1943Valley of HellDirector
- 1943Carnival of SinnersDirector
- 1942Miss BonaparteDirector
- 1941Sins of YouthDirector
- 1941VolponeDirector
- 1938KatiaDirector
- 1938The PatriotDirector
- 1936With a SmileDirector
- 1936SamsonDirector
- 1935Crimson DynastyDirector
- 1935Justin de MarseilleDirector
- 1933Le VoleurDirector
- 1933ObsessionDirector
- 1933The Two OrphansDirector
- 1933LidoireDirector
- 1932Fun in the BarracksDirector
- 1932In the Name of the LawScreenplay
- 1931DepartureDirector
- 1931Black and WhiteProducer
- 1931Dance HouseDirector
- 1930Accused, Stand Up!Director
- 1929The Mysterious IslandDirector
- 1929The Ship of Lost MenDirector
- 1928The CrewDirector
- 1927Life in Hollywood No. 2Himself
- 1926Aloma of the South SeasDirector
- 1926Old Loves and NewDirector
- 1926Clothes Make the PirateDirector
- 1925Sporting LifeDirector
- 1925Never the Twain Shall MeetDirector
- 1924The White MothDirector
- 1924TormentProducer
- 1923Jealous HusbandsDirector
- 1923The Brass BottleDirector
- 1923Mary of the MoviesMaurice Tourneur (uncredited)
- 1923The Isle of Lost ShipsDirector
- 1923While Paris SleepsDirector
- 1923The ChristianDirector
- 1922Lorna DooneDirector
- 1921The Foolish MatronsProducer
- 1921The BaitDirector
- 1920The Last of the MohicansDirector
- 1920The Great RedeemerProducer
- 1920Deep WatersDirector
- 1920The County FairDirector
- 1920The White CircleDirector
- 1920My Lady's GarterDirector
- 1920Treasure IslandDirector
- 1919VictoryDirector
- 1919The Broken ButterflyDirector
- 1919The Life LineDirector
- 1919The White HeatherDirector
- 1918WomanDirector
- 1918Sporting LifeDirector
- 1918A Doll's HouseDirector
- 1918The Blue BirdDirector
- 1918Rose of the WorldDirector
- 1918PrunellaDirector
- 1917The Rise of Jenny CushingDirector
- 1917Barbary SheepDirector
- 1917ExileDirector
- 1917Law of the LandDirector
- 1917The Undying FlameDirector
- 1917The WhipDirector
- 1917The Poor Little Rich GirlDirector
- 1917A Girl's FollyDirector (uncredited)
- 1917The Pride of the ClanDirector
- 1916The Velvet PawDirector
- 1916The Rail RiderDirector
- 1916The Closed RoadDirector
- 1916The Hand of PerilProducer
- 1915TrilbyDirector
- 1915The Ivory Snuff BoxDirector
- 1915The CubDirector
- 1915Alias Jimmy ValentineDirector
- 1914The PitDirector
- 1914The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old EnglandDirector
- 1914Man of the HourDirector
- 1914MotherDirector
- 1914Rouletabille II: The Last Incarnation of LarsanDirector
- 1914Monsieur LecoqDirector
- 1914Le FriquetDirector
- 1914The Man with Wax FacesDirector
- 1913The Lady of MonsoreauDirector
- 1913The Last PardonDirector
- 1913The Conspiracy; or, the Four Million Dollar DowryDirector
- 1913Dr. Goudron's SystemDirector
- 1913The Funny RegimentScreenplay
- 1913Shepherdess of IvryDirector
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