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Jacques Tourneur
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1904
- Died
- 1977
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Berlin express
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Film & TV
Directing · 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.
Known for
- The Trail of '98 — Extra (uncredited)1928
- The Fair Co-Ed1927
- Love — Extra (uncredited)1927
- Scaramouche — Extra (uncredited)1923
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 46
- Total plays
- 77
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries
· 2021 · cited 79,282x
- Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries
· 2018 · cited 53,837x
- Global cancer statistics
· 2011 · cited 23,192x
- Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012
· 2014 · cited 21,630x
- Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries
· 2024 · cited 20,735x
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Key facts
- Born
- Jacques Thomas , ( 1904-11-12 ) November 12, 1904, Paris , France
- Died
- December 19, 1977 (1977-12-19) (aged 73), Bergerac , France
- Other name
- Jack Turner
- Occupations
- Director, producer, editor
- Years active
- 1929–1965
- Father
- Maurice Tourneur
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Jacques Tourneur (/ˈtʊrnər/; French: [tuʁnœʁ]; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French-American filmmaker, active during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known as an auteur of stylish and atmospheric genre films, many of them for RKO Pictures, including the supernatural horror films Cat People (1942), I Walked with a Zombie (1943) and The Leopard Man (1943), the war film Days of Glory (1944), which marked Gregory Peck's debut film role, and the film noir Out of the Past (1947). He is also known for directing the British horror film Night of the Demon (1957), which was released by Columbia Pictures as Curse of the Demon.
Life
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