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Jacques Tourneur

Jacques Tourneur

Jacques Tourneur

1904-11-12

Paris, France

DIRECTING

Biography

Jacques Tourneur (also known as Jack Turner; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French film director known for the classic film noir Out of the Past and a series of low-budget horror films he made for RKO Studios, including Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie and The Leopard Man.

Best known for:

The Twilight Zone

Cat People

Out of the Past

Bonanza

I Walked with a Zombie

Night of the Demon

The Comedy of Terrors

The Leopard Man

Death Watch

Nightfall

The Flame and the Arrow

War-Gods of the Deep

A Tale of Two Cities

Canyon Passage

Berlin Express

Wichita

Stars in My Crown

Anne of the Indies

Experiment Perilous

Love

Marie Antoinette

Great Day in the Morning

The Giant of Marathon

Days of Glory

Circle of Danger

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Filmography:

Scaramouche (1923)
APPEREAD AS:
Extra (uncredited)
Love (1927)
APPEREAD AS:
Extra (uncredited)
The Trail of '98 (1928)
APPEREAD AS:
Extra (uncredited)
Accused, Stand Up! (1930)
WORK AS:
Editor, Assistant Director
All That Is Not Worth Love (1931)
WORK AS:
Director
Dance House (1931)
WORK AS:
Editor
Departure (1931)
WORK AS:
Editor
In the Name of the Law (1932)
WORK AS:
Editor, Assistant Director

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The Two Orphans (1933)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
Toto (1933)
WORK AS:
Director
To Be Loved (1933)
WORK AS:
Director
Rothchild (1934)
WORK AS:
Editor
Obsession (1934)
WORK AS:
Editor
The Daughters of the Concierge (1934)
WORK AS:
Director
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
5.4
WORK AS:
Second Unit
Master Will Shakespeare (1936)
WORK AS:
Director

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The Jonker Diamond (1936)
WORK AS:
Director
Killer Dog (1936)
WORK AS:
Director
Harnessed Rhythm (1936)
WORK AS:
Director
Romance of Radium (1937)
WORK AS:
Director
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning (1937)
WORK AS:
Director
The Grand Bounce (1937)
WORK AS:
Director
The Man in the Barn (1937)
WORK AS:
Director
The King Without a Crown (1937)
WORK AS:
Director
What Do You Think? (1937)
WORK AS:
Director
Marie Antoinette (1938)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
Think It Over (1938)
WORK AS:
Director
Strange Glory (1938)
WORK AS:
Director
The Face Behind the Mask (1938)
WORK AS:
Director
The Ship That Died (1938)
WORK AS:
Director
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo (1938)
WORK AS:
Director
What Do You Think? (Number Three) (1938)
WORK AS:
Director
Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)
WORK AS:
Director
They All Come Out (1939)
WORK AS:
Director
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town (1939)
WORK AS:
Director
Phantom Raiders (1940)
WORK AS:
Director
Doctors Don't Tell (1941)
WORK AS:
Director
Cat People (1942)
5.6
WORK AS:
Director
The Magic Alphabet (1942)
WORK AS:
Director
The Incredible Stranger (1942)
WORK AS:
Director
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
5.5
WORK AS:
Director
The Leopard Man (1943)
5.1
WORK AS:
Director
Experiment Perilous (1944)
WORK AS:
Director
Days of Glory (1944)
WORK AS:
Director
Reward Unlimited (1944)
WORK AS:
Director
Canyon Passage (1946)
5.3
WORK AS:
Director
Out of the Past (1947)
6.4
WORK AS:
Director
Berlin Express (1948)
4.8
WORK AS:
Director
Easy Living (1949)
WORK AS:
Director
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
4.8
WORK AS:
Director
Stars in My Crown (1950)
5.6
WORK AS:
Director
Circle of Danger (1951)
WORK AS:
Director
Anne of the Indies (1951)
5
WORK AS:
Director
Way of a Gaucho (1952)
WORK AS:
Director
General Electric Theater (1953)
WORK AS:
Director
Appointment in Honduras (1953)
WORK AS:
Director
Stranger on Horseback (1955)
WORK AS:
Director
Wichita (1955)
4.9
WORK AS:
Director
General Electric Theater: Into the Night (1955)
WORK AS:
Director
Nightfall (1956)
5.6
WORK AS:
Director
Great Day in the Morning (1956)
WORK AS:
Director
The Californians (1957)
WORK AS:
Director
The Walter Winchell File (1957)
WORK AS:
Director
Night of the Demon (1957)
5.7
WORK AS:
Director
Northwest Passage (1958)
WORK AS:
Director
The Fearmakers (1958)
WORK AS:
Director
Bonanza (1959)
6.3
WORK AS:
Director
The Twilight Zone (1959)
7.3
WORK AS:
Director
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
WORK AS:
Director
The Giant of Marathon (1959)
WORK AS:
Director
Timbuktu (1959)
WORK AS:
Director
Frontier Rangers (1959)
WORK AS:
Director
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
Mission of Danger (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
Fury River (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
5.2
WORK AS:
Director
War-Gods of the Deep (1965)
3.4
WORK AS:
Director
T.H.E. Cat (1966)
WORK AS:
Director
Death Watch (1980)
4.9
WORK AS:
In Memory Of