Maurice Tourneur

Born 2 February 1876 in Paris, France

Died 4 August 1961 (aged 85)

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.