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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

124

Gender

Male

Birthday

1876-02-02

Day of Death

1961-08-04 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

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.

Known For

Acting

Mary of the Movies

1923

Mary of the Movies

as

Maurice Tourneur (uncredited)

A Girl's Folly

1917

A Girl's Folly

as

Director (uncredited)

Production

Crew

Directing

Volpone

1941

Volpone

as

Samson

1936

Samson

as

Exile

1917

Exile

as

Katia

1938

Katia

as

Victory

1919

Victory

as

Trilby

1915

Trilby

as

The Bait

1921

The Bait

as

The Whip

1917

The Whip

as

Obsession

1934

Obsession

as

Departure

1931

Departure

as

Woman

1918

Woman

as

Prunella

1918

Prunella

as

Le Voleur

1933

Le Voleur

as

The Crew

1928

The Crew

as

Lidoire

1933

Lidoire

as

The Cub

1915

The Cub

as

Torment

1924

Torment

as

Mother

1914

Mother

as

The Pit

1914

The Pit

as