Biography.guide
Home › People › Film producer › Georges Lourau
Portrait of Georges Lourau

Georges Lourau

1898 – 1974

French film producer

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Georges Lourau

Lived 1898 – 1974 (aged 75). Georges Lourau was a French film producer.

Georges Lourau (1898–1974) was a French film producer active from the 1930s to the 1960s. During the 1930s he was the director of Tobis Filmsonor, the French subsidiary of Germany company Tobis Film based at Epinay Studios in Paris. In the postwar era he was associated with the distribution outfit Cinédis, producing four films directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. He was also a president of Unifrance. He was a member of the jury at the 1937 Venice Film Festival and the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.

Selected filmography Here's Berlin (1932) Final Accord (1938) Patrie (1946) Under the Sky of Paris (1951) Messalina (1951) Holiday for Henrietta (1952) Lucrèce Borgia (1953) The Wages of Fear (1953) Wild Fruit (1954) Madame du Barry (1954) Marianne of My Youth (1955) Madelon (1955) Les Diaboliques (1955) Women's Club (1956) Le secret de soeur Angèle (1956) Les Espions (1957) La Parisienne (1957) Maigret and the Saint-Fiacre Case (1959) A Mistress for the Summer (1960) All the Gold in the World (1961) The Nina B. Affair (1961) Mad Sea (1963) Shéhérazade (1963) Male Hunt (1964) Gibraltar (1964) The Night of the Generals (1967) Love in the Night (1968)

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality

People in Georges Lourau's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Georges Lourau's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Georges Lourau?

French film producer

When was Georges Lourau born?

Georges Lourau was born on 30 October 1898 in Pau.

When did Georges Lourau die?

Georges Lourau died on 12 October 1974 in Paris.

What was Georges Lourau's occupation?

Georges Lourau was a film producer.

What nationality was Georges Lourau?

Georges Lourau was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Georges Lourau

· Wikidata: Q72284641

· DBpedia: Georges Lourau

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Georges Lourau. https://biography.guide/georges-lourau/

MLA: "Georges Lourau." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/georges-lourau/.

Chicago: "Georges Lourau." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/georges-lourau/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-22 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:01 UTC