Jacques Tourneur

Jacques Tourneur was born in Paris in 1904, the son of the director Maurice Tourneur, whom he followed to the United States as a child. Back in France, he worked there as an editor and directed four films at the beginning of the sound era, then from 1936 made short films for MGM and directed a second unit. He then joined, at another studio, a producer of low-budget fantasy films. He directed some thirty feature films, fantasy, noir or westerns, worked for television from 1955 and died in Bergerac in 1977.

In the catalogue 3

• CinemaCat PeopleJacques Tourneur · 1942Cinema
• CinemaOut of the PastJacques Tourneur · 1947Cinema
• CinemaNight of the DemonJacques Tourneur · 1957Cinema