Maurice Tourneur
French film director and screenwriter (1876–1961)
1.13body-of-work score · ranked #787 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 2, 1876 · Paris
- Died
- August 4, 1961 · Paris
- Nationality
- France
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, director
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1914 · United States · comedy, drama, silent
National Film Registry (inducted 2012) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.342 citations - 2
1920 · United States · silent, drama, adventure
National Film Registry (inducted 1995) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.342 citations - 3
1917 · United States · comedy, drama, silent
National Film Registry (inducted 1991)
0.231 citation - 40.231 citation
Complete filmography
All 97 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1913Jean la Poudre
- 1913La bergère d'Ivry
- 1913La dame de Monsoreau
- 1913The Cameo
- 1913The Conspiracy
- 1913The Gaieties of the Squadron
- 1913The Last Pardon
- 1913The Sparrow
- 1913The System of Doctor Goudron
- 1913Tricks of Love
- 1914Figures de cire
- 1914La Dernière Incarnation de Larsan
- 1914Le Friquet
- 1914Monsieur Lecoq
- 1914Mother
- 1914The Man of the Hour
- 1914The Pit
- 1914The Red Promenade
- 1914The Secret of the Well
- 1914The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England
- 1915Alias Jimmy Valentine
- 1915The Butterfly on the Wheel
- 1915The Cub
- 1915The Ivory Snuff Box
- 1915Trilby
- 1916The Closed Road
- 1916The Hand of Peril
- 1916The Pawn of Fate
- 1916The Rail Rider
- 1916The Velvet Paw
- 1917A Girl's Folly
- 1917Barbary Sheep
- 1917Exile
- 1917The Law of the Land
- 1917The Poor Little Rich Girl
- 1917The Pride of the Clan
- 1917The Rise of Jennie Cushing
- 1917The Undying Flame
- 1917The Whip
- 1918A Doll's House
- 1918Prunella
- 1918Rose of the World
- 1918The Blue Bird
- 1918The Sporting Life
- 1918Woman
- 1919The Broken Butterfly
- 1919The Life Line
- 1919The White Heather
- 1919Victory
- 1920Deep Waters
- 1920My Lady's Garter
- 1920The County Fair
- 1920The Great Redeemer
- 1920The Last of the Mohicans
- 1920The White Circle
- 1920Treasure Island
- 1921The Bait
- 1921The Foolish Matrons
- 1922Lorna Doone
- 1923Jealous Husbands
- 1923The Brass Bottle
- 1923The Christian
- 1923The Isle of Lost Ships
- 1923While Paris Sleeps
- 1924The White Moth
- 1924Torment
- 1925Clothes Make the Pirate
- 1925Never the Twain Shall Meet
- 1925The Sporting Life
- 1926Aloma of the South Seas
- 1926Old Loves and New
- 1928The Crew
- 1929The Mysterious Island
- 1929The Ship of Lost Souls
- 1930Accused
- 1931Dance Hall
- 1931Departure
- 1932Fun in the Barracks
- 1932In the Name of the Law
- 1933Le Voleur
- 1933Lidoire
- 1933The Two Orphans
- 1934L'homme mystérieux
- 1935Justin de Marseille
- 1935Koenigsmark
- 1936Samson
- 1936With a Smile
- 1938Katia
- 1938The Patriot
- 1941Péchés de jeunesse
- 1941Volpone
- 1942Miss Bonaparte
- 1943La Main du diable
- 1943Le val d'enfer
- 1944Cecile Is Dead
- 1948After Love
- 1948Dilemma of Two Angels