Maurice Tourneur

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0.4473

Gender

Male

Birthday

02-Feb-1876

Age

(150 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As
  • NO INFO PROVIDED

Maurice Tourneur

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.


Credits

Life in Hollywood No. 2 Life in Hollywood No. 2 (1927) Character: Himself
Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
A Girl's Folly A Girl's Folly (1917) Character: Director (uncredited)
A restless young girl yearns to leave her rural environment and "get away from it all". One day she stumbles upon a film crew shooting a western near her home. She makes friends with the film's leading man, who encourages her to try her luck as an actress. So she leaves her small town and goes to the big city to break into the picture business. However, things don't turn out quite the way she planned.
Maurice Tourneur, tisseur de rêves Maurice Tourneur, tisseur de rêves (2024) Character: archival footage
Franco-American film pioneer Maurice Tourneur is a forgotten name in cinema history. This film traces the incredible journey of this crucial innovator from Paris to Hollywood. He inspired many of his peers and was also a mentor to some great filmmakers, including his son Jacques. Using previously unseen home movies, this film reveals the private man as well as the inspired artist whose career spanned four decades and two world wars.
Mary of the Movies Mary of the Movies (1923) Character: Maurice Tourneur (uncredited)
Mary's kid brother needs an operation and, in order to pay for it, Mary goes to a Hollywood studio and applies for a job as an actress. Mary is given a job as a waitress in the commissary, and gets to meet 40 actors, actresses and directors, none of whom tip big enough to enable Mary to earn enough money to pay for an operation. Will Mary become an actress and make some big money?



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