Biography
Eugène Lourié (also credited as Eugene Lourié) was a Russian-French production designer, art director and director. Born Yevgeny Lure on 8 April 1903 in Kharkov (now Kharkiv, Ukraine), he moved to France in the early 1920s and began working in film as a set decorator from 1927. In the 1930s he collaborated frequently with Jean Renoir, serving as production designer or art director on Grand Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939).
Lourié moved to the United States in 1941 and continued working in Hollywood, contributing to films including Limelight (1952) and later science-fiction features. He directed The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) and Gorgo (1961). He was posthumously inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame in 2011 and died in Los Angeles on 26 May 1991.
