Léon Poirier
Known for: Directing
Born: August 24, 1884 in Paris, France - Died: June 26, 1968
Léon Poirier (25 August 1884 – 27 June 1968) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards. He directed some 25 films between 1913 and 1949. His most famous film today is Verdun: Visions of History, a drama-documentary depicting the World War I Battle of Verdun. His later films adopted a form of poetic realism influenced by pictorialist photography.
Known for
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The Call
Screenplay
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Dialogue
Verdun: Visions of History
Writer
Sisters-in-Arms
Screenplay
La voie sans disque
Director
La Brière
Director
Geneviève
Director
Le penseur
Director
Narayana
Director
The Yellow Cruise
Director
Rama, the Cannibal Girl
Writer
Jeannou
Director
Dans la brousse annamite
Director
The Jade Casket
Director
Verdun, memories of history
Director
Jocelyn
Director
L'affaire du courrier de Lyon
Director
Amours exotiques
Director
The Unknown Road
Director
The Black Cruise
Director
Autopolis
Director