Léon Poirier
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday25 August 1884
Died27 June 1968 (age 83)
Place of birthParis, France
Known credits21
Biography
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.
The Unknown Road
1949 · Director
Jeannou
1943 · Director
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
1940 · Dialogue
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
1940 · Screenplay
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
1940 · Producer
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
1940 · Director
Sisters-in-Arms
1937 · Screenplay
Sisters-in-Arms
1937 · Producer
Sisters-in-Arms
1937 · Director
The Call
1936 · Screenplay
The Call
1936 · Dialogue
The Call
1936 · Producer
The Call
1936 · Director
The Yellow Cruise
1934 · Director
The Yellow Cruise
1934 · Editor
Autopolis
1934 · Director
La voie sans disque
1933 · Director
La voie sans disque
1933 · Writer
Verdun, memories of history
1931 · Director
Dans la brousse annamite
1931 · Director
Rama, the Cannibal Girl
1930 · Writer
Rama, the Cannibal Girl
1930 · Director
Verdun: Visions of History
1928 · Writer
Verdun: Visions of History
1928 · Director
Amours exotiques
1927 · Director
The Black Cruise
1926 · Director
La Brière
1924 · Director
L'affaire du courrier de Lyon
1923 · Director
Geneviève
1923 · Director
Jocelyn
1922 · Director
Jocelyn
1922 · Writer
The Jade Casket
1921 · Director
The Jade Casket
1921 · Screenplay
Narayana
1920 · Director
Le penseur
1920 · Director
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