Léon Poirier
Director
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.
Born1884-08-25
Place of BirthParis, France
Known For
10.0
La Brière
Drama
8.0
The Call
Drama
7.0
Geneviève
FamilyDrama
5.8
Narayana
Drama
9.0
Le penseur
9.0
Jeannou
DramaComedy
5.2
Sisters-in-Arms
DramaHistory
8.0
Jocelyn
6.3
The Yellow Cruise
DocumentaryAdventure
10.0
The Black Cruise
Documentary
Autopolis
Documentary
Amours exotiques
7.8
Verdun: Visions of History
WarDrama
Dans la brousse annamite
8.0
Rama, the Cannibal Girl
10.0
La voie sans disque
Drama
8.0
L'affaire du courrier de Lyon
7.0
Verdun, memories of history
10.0
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Adventure
9.0
The Jade Casket
8.0
The Unknown Road