Jacques Tourneur

A master of suspense and atmosphere, Jacques Tourneur was born in 1904 in Paris, France, and began his career as a director in 1931. Deeply immersed in the genres of film noir, horror, and western, Tourneur is known for classics such as "Cat People," "I Walked with a Zombie," and "Out of the Past," although he never received significant awards at major film festivals. His authorial style is characterized by a masterful use of light and shadow, suggestive horror, and a subtly unsettling atmosphere that permeates his films.

From the heart, Tourneur was an auteur who ingeniously blurred the lines between reality and the supernatural, making his works enduringly haunting and captivating.