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|caption =Eugène Lourié | |caption =Eugène Lourié | ||
|occupation =[[:Category:Directors|Director]], [[:Category:Writers|writer]] | |occupation =[[:Category:Directors|Director]], [[:Category:Writers|writer]] | ||
|birthday =April 8, 1903 | |birthday =April 8, [[1903]] | ||
|birthplace ={{tt|Kharkov, Russian Empire|Now Kharkiv, Ukraine}} | |birthplace ={{tt|Kharkov, Russian Empire|Now Kharkiv, Ukraine}} | ||
|death =May 26, 1991 | |death =May 26, [[1991]] (aged 88) | ||
|deathplace =Los Angeles, [[United States]] | |||
|first =''[[wikipedia:Napoléon (1927 film)|Napoléon]]'' (1927) | |first =''[[wikipedia:Napoléon (1927 film)|Napoléon]]'' (1927) | ||
|notable =''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]'' (1953) | |notable =''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]'' (1953) | ||
|imdb =https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522123/ | |imdb =https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522123/ | ||
|wikipedia =https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | |wikipedia =https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugène_Lourié | ||
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'''Eugène Lourié''' was a French film director and screenwriter. He | {{Expand}} | ||
'''Eugène Lourié''' was a French film director and screenwriter. He is most famous for writing and directing three major giant dinosaur films: 1953's ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]'', 1959's ''[[The Giant Behemoth]]'', and 1961's ''[[Gorgo (film)|Gorgo]]''. | |||
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==Selected filmography== | ==Selected filmography== | ||
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===Actor=== | ===Actor=== | ||
*''[[Gorgo (film)|Gorgo]]'' (1961) as Man at fair [uncredited] | *''[[Gorgo (film)|Gorgo]]'' (1961) as Man at fair [uncredited] | ||
==Trivia== | |||
*Lourié was also assigned by ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]'' producer Jack Dietz to direct ''[[The Black Scorpion]]'' (1957) and met with [[Willis O'Brien]] and [[Pete Peterson]] for the first time during production; he would later worked with the pair on the 1959 film ''[[The Giant Behemoth]]''. However, he soon left the project after disputes with Dietz's producing partner Frank Melford and was replaced by Russian-born filmmaker Edward Ludwig.{{sfn|Kulon|2022|p=25}} | |||
==References== | |||
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===Bibliography=== | |||
*{{cite magazine|last=Kulon|first=Gregory|title=Teaching the World to Sting... ''The Black Scorpion''<!--|chapter=He'll Get You Scared Stiff!-->|magazine=Infinity|issue=48|date=May 2022|publisher=Ghoulish Publishing|issn=2514-3654}} | |||
{{The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms}} | {{The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms}} | ||
{{Real People}} | {{Real People}} | ||
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Eugène Lourié was a French film director and screenwriter. He is most famous for writing and directing three major giant dinosaur films: 1953's The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, 1959's The Giant Behemoth, and 1961's Gorgo.
Selected filmography
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - Director / special effects [with Willis Cook, Ray Harryhausen, and George Lofgren] / writer [with Fred Freiberger, Louis Morheim, and Robert Smith]
- The Giant Behemoth (1959) - Director [with Douglas Hickox] / writer [with Daniel James]
- Gorgo (1961) - Director / special effects [with Tom Howard] / writer [with Daniel Hyatt, Daniel James, and Robert L. Richards]
Actor
- Gorgo (1961) as Man at fair [uncredited]
Trivia
- Lourié was also assigned by The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms producer Jack Dietz to direct The Black Scorpion (1957) and met with Willis O'Brien and Pete Peterson for the first time during production; he would later worked with the pair on the 1959 film The Giant Behemoth. However, he soon left the project after disputes with Dietz's producing partner Frank Melford and was replaced by Russian-born filmmaker Edward Ludwig.[1]
References
This is a list of references for Eugene Lourie. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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Bibliography
- Kulon, Gregory (May 2022). "Teaching the World to Sting... The Black Scorpion". Infinity. No. 48. Ghoulish Publishing. ISSN 2514-3654.
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