Maurice Tourneur

Known for: Directing
Born: February 2, 1876, Paris, France
Died: August 4, 1961
Movies: 94

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.7

Carnival of Sinners

1943

6.4

The Last of the Mohicans

1920

5.7

The Poor Little Rich Girl

1917

6.7

The Blue Bird

1918

5.6

The Mysterious Island

1929

5.4

The Man with Wax Faces

1914

5.9

Justin de Marseille

1935

5.8

The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

1914

6.2

Victory

1919

6.2

The Broken Butterfly

1919

Filmography

2024	Maurice Tourneur: Weaver of Dreams	archival footage
1927	Life in Hollywood No. 2	Himself
1923	Mary of the Movies	Maurice Tourneur (uncredited)
1917	A Girl's Folly	Director (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1948	Impasse of Two Angels	Director
1948	After Love	Director
1944	Cecile Is Dead	Director
1943	Valley of Hell	Director
1943	Carnival of Sinners	Director, Producer
1942	Miss Bonaparte	Director
1941	Sins of Youth	Director
1941	Volpone	Director
1938	Katia	Director
1938	The Patriot	Director
1936	With a Smile	Director
1936	Samson	Director
1935	Crimson Dynasty	Director
1935	Justin de Marseille	Director
1933	Le Voleur	Director
1933	Obsession	Director
1933	The Two Orphans	Director
1933	Lidoire	Director, Screenplay
1932	Fun in the Barracks	Director
1932	In the Name of the Law	Director, Screenplay
1931	Departure	Director
1931	Black and White	Producer
1931	Dance House	Director, Writer
1930	Accused, Stand Up!	Director
1929	The Mysterious Island	Director
1929	The Ship of Lost Men	Director, Writer
1928	The Crew	Director, Writer
1926	Aloma of the South Seas	Director
1926	Old Loves and New	Director
1926	Clothes Make the Pirate	Director
1925	Sporting Life	Director
1925	Never the Twain Shall Meet	Director
1924	The White Moth	Director
1924	Torment	Producer, Director
1923	Jealous Husbands	Director, Producer
1923	The Brass Bottle	Director
1923	The Isle of Lost Ships	Director, Producer
1923	While Paris Sleeps	Director, Producer
1923	The Christian	Director
1922	Lorna Doone	Director, Producer
1921	The Foolish Matrons	Director, Producer
1921	The Bait	Director
1920	The Last of the Mohicans	Director, Producer
1920	The Great Redeemer	Director, Producer
1920	Deep Waters	Director, Producer
1920	The County Fair	Director
1920	The White Circle	Director
1920	My Lady's Garter	Director
1920	Treasure Island	Director, Producer
1919	Victory	Director, Producer
1919	The Broken Butterfly	Director, Writer, Producer
1919	The Life Line	Director
1919	The White Heather	Director
1918	Woman	Director
1918	Sporting Life	Director, Producer
1918	A Doll's House	Director, Writer
1918	The Blue Bird	Director
1918	Rose of the World	Director
1918	Prunella	Director
1917	The Rise of Jenny Cushing	Director
1917	Barbary Sheep	Director
1917	Exile	Director
1917	Law of the Land	Director, Writer
1917	The Undying Flame	Director
1917	The Whip	Director
1917	The Poor Little Rich Girl	Director
1917	A Girl's Folly	Director, Writer
1917	The Pride of the Clan	Director
1916	The Velvet Paw	Director
1916	The Rail Rider	Director
1916	The Closed Road	Director, Writer, Producer
1916	The Hand of Peril	Director, Producer
1915	Trilby	Director
1915	The Ivory Snuff Box	Director
1915	The Cub	Director
1915	Alias Jimmy Valentine	Director, Writer
1914	The Pit	Director
1914	The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England	Director, Writer
1914	Man of the Hour	Director, Writer
1914	Mother	Director, Writer
1914	Rouletabille II: The Last Incarnation of Larsan	Director
1914	Monsieur Lecoq	Director, Screenplay
1914	Le Friquet	Director
1914	The Man with Wax Faces	Director
1913	The Last Pardon	Director
1913	The Lady of Monsoreau	Director, Screenplay
1913	The Conspiracy; or, the Four Million Dollar Dowry	Director
1913	Dr. Goudron's System	Director
1913	The Funny Regiment	Director, Screenplay
1913	Shepherdess of Ivry	Director, Writer

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