Eugène Lourié
Eugène Lourié | |
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Born | Jewgeni Lurje 8 April 1903 |
Died | 26 May 1991 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, U.S. | (aged 88)
Occupation | Film director |
Eugène Lourié (
Allmovie contributor Sandra Brennan has written that he was "among the best art directors in French cinema."[1] He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1969 for Best Visual Effects on the film Krakatoa, East of Java.[2]
Early life
Lourié was born in Kharkov, Russian Empire in 1903.[3] His first experience with cinema was in 1911 when a movie theater opened in Kharkov. In 1919, he worked on an
anti-communist film titled Black Crowes. After he fled from the Soviet Union, he made his way to Istanbul. While there he made money for a fare to Paris, France by painting and drawing movie posters. He even slept in the theater on top of a piano to save money.[4]
Film career
In the 1930s, he worked as a production designer for such directors as
Academy Award nomination for his visual effects on Krakatoa, East of Java.[2]
In 1980, Lourié designed Clint Eastwood's Bronco Billy. Lourié also had an acting part in Richard Gere's 1983 picture, Breathless.[4]
Lourié makes a silent cameo appearance in telegraph.[6]
Death
Lourié died on 26 May 1991 due to a stroke while in the
Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills.[7]
Partial filmography
- Jeanne (1934)
- The Bread Peddler (1934)
- Dark Eyes (1935)
- The Squadron's Baby (1935)
- The Great Refrain (1936)
- The Lower Depths (1936)
- The Alibi (1937)
- The Messenger (1937)
- Ramuntcho (1938)
- The Lafarge Case (1938)
- The New Rich (1938)
- There's No Tomorrow (1939)
- Cristobal's Gold (1940)
- False Alarm (1940)
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), director
- The Colossus of New York (1958), director
- The Giant Behemoth (1959), director
- Gorgo (1961), director
- Flight from Ashiya (1964)[8]
- Crack in the World (1965)[8]
- Bikini Paradise (1967)
- Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)[8]
- Kung Fu (1972-1975)[9]
See also
References
- ^ Allmovie. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ Allmovie. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ "Eugene Lourie dies, art director was 88". The Hour. 30 May 1991. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ ISBN 0-7864-1366-2.
- ^ ISBN 0-415-16868-6.
- ^ Model Ships in the Cinema: Krakatoa, East of Java, 1969, caption of photo of lighthouse keeper operating telegraph.
- ^ "Eugene Lourié, film art director for half-century". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 30 May 1991. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ ISBN 0-15-662342-0.
- ^ "Eugène Lourié. Filmography. Art director". IMDb. 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.