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Eugène Lourié

Film Director / Actor / Screenwriter / Production Designer / Costume Designer / Film Producer | * 04/08/1903 († 88, 05/26/1991) | Kharkov, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
Eugène Lourié (Russian: Евгений Лурье; 8 April 1903 – 26 May 1991) was a Russian-born French film director, art director, production designer, set designer and screenwriter who was known for his collaborations with Jean Renoir and for his 1950s science fiction movies. Allmovie contributor Sandra Brennan has written that he was "among the best art directors in French cinema." He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1969 for Best Visual Effects on the film Krakatoa, East of Java. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances. ...

The Rules of the Game

Certification unknown

1939 | 3.8/5 | 1h 46min
Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
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A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World Wa ...

Grand Illusion

Certification unknown

1937 | 3.9/5 | 1h 54min
Drama, History, War
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The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City. ...

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

NR

1953 | 3.4/5 | 1h 20min
Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
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Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London. ...

The Giant Behemoth

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1959 | 2.9/5 | 1h 20min
Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for Eugène Lourié

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
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Movies with Eugène Lourié as Actor(1)

as Dr. Boudreaux1983 Breathless

TV Shows/Series with Eugène Lourié as Actor(1)

as Vingleberg1979 Tales of the Unexpected

Movies with Eugène Lourié as Crew(53)

Art/Art Direction1980 Bronco Billy
Art/Production Design1978 An Enemy of the People
Art/Art Direction1978 Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
Art/Art Direction1976 Time Travelers
Art/Production Design1976 Burnt Offerings
Art/Art Direction1973 What Are Best Friends For?
Art/Art Direction1972 The Eyes of Charles Sand
Art/Art Direction1971 What's the Matter with Helen?
Art/Art Direction1971 Death Takes a Holiday
Art/Production Design1968 Krakatoa, East of Java
Art/Art Direction1967 Custer of the West
Art/Art Direction1967 Bikini Paradise
Art/Art Direction1965 Crack in the World
Crew/Special Effects1965 Crack in the World
Art/Art Direction1964 The Naked Kiss
Art/Production Design1964 Flight from Ashiya
Art/Art Direction1963 Shock Corridor
Art/Production Design1962 Confessions of an Opium Eater
Directing/Director1961 Gorgo
Art/Production Design1959 The Giant Behemoth
Directing/Director1959 The Giant Behemoth
Writing/Screenplay1959 The Giant Behemoth
Writing/Writer1958 Revolt in the Big House
Directing/Director1958 The Colossus of New York
Art/Production Design1954 Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
Art/Art Direction1954 So This Is Paris
Directing/Director1953 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Art/Art Direction1952 Limelight
Art/Production Design1951 The River
Art/Art Direction1949 The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Art/Art Direction1949 Wild Weed
Art/Art Direction1948 A Woman's Vengeance
Art/Production Design1947 The Long Night
Art/Production Design1946 The Diary of a Chambermaid
Art/Art Direction1945 This Love of Ours
Art/Art Direction1945 The French Way
Art/Art Direction1945 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Art/Art Direction1945 The House of Fear
Art/Art Direction1944 In Society
Art/Production Design1943 This Land Is Mine
Production/Associate Producer1943 This Land Is Mine
Art/Art Direction1940 There's No Tomorrow
Art/Art Direction1940 Cristobal's Gold
Art/Production Design1939 The Rules of the Game
Art/Production Design1938 La Bête Humaine
Art/Art Direction1938 The Lafarge Case
Art/Production Design1937 L'Alibi
Art/Set Decoration1937 Grand Illusion
Art/Production Design1937 Grand Illusion
Art/Art Direction1935 Black Eyes
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Designer1929 Cagliostro
Art/Art Direction1927 Napoleon
Costume & Make-Up/Costume Design1927 The Chess Player

Citizenships: France, Soviet Union (former country)
Born: Wednesday, 04/08 1903 (April) in Kharkov, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
Died: Sunday, 05/26 1991 (May) in Woodland Hills (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: French (FR, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Laure Lourié
Other names for Eugène Lourié (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Eugene Lourié"
Eugène Lourié frequently works together with these people:
Jean Renoir (16x, Crew)
Laure Lourié (7x, Crew)
Charlie Chaplin (6x, Crew)
Samuel Fuller (6x, Crew)
Andrew Ray (6x, Actor)
Roald Dahl (5x, Crew)
John B. Goodman (5x, Crew)
Burgess Meredith (4x, Actor)
Manuel Berenguer (4x, Crew)
Marguerite Renoir (4x, Crew)
Russell A. Gausman (4x, Crew)
Daniel James (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:839321, Added: 11/13/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024