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Jacques Tourneur

Director

Jacques Tourneur

Directing
1942 — 1965 · 23 films
Lived
12 November 1904 — d. 1977
From
Paris, France

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.

Career Signature

How Jacques Tourneur’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

anxious dread
emotionally restrained
bittersweet
slow burn
kinetic urgency

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

Hugo FregoneseHugo Fregonese10 filmsEdward DmytrykEdward Dmytryk24 filmsEdgar G. UlmerEdgar G. Ulmer12 filmsAnthony MannAnthony Mann32 filmsRobert WiseRobert Wise25 filmsAlfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock54 filmsFritz LangFritz Lang39 filmsHenry HathawayHenry Hathaway28 films

Filmography

War-Gods of the Deep

1965

The Comedy of Terrors

1964

The Giant of Marathon

1959

The Fearmakers

1958

Night of the Demon

1957

Nightfall

1956

Great Day in the Morning

1956

Stranger on Horseback

1955

Wichita

1955

Way of a Gaucho

1952

Circle of Danger

1951

Anne of the Indies

1951

The Flame and the Arrow

1950

Stars in My Crown

1950

Easy Living

1949

Berlin Express

1948

Out of the Past

1947

Canyon Passage

1946

Experiment Perilous

1944

Days of Glory

1944

I Walked with a Zombie

1943

The Leopard Man

1943

Cat People

1942