Maurice Tourneur

Birthday: February 2nd, 1876 Date of Death: August 4th, 1961 Place of Birth: Paris, France

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.