Directing
Léon Poirier
FR, EN cinema · 22 credits
Born
25 August 1884
Died
27 June 1968 (aged 83)
Birthplace
Paris, France
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
Filmography
The Unknown Road
Director
Jeannou
Director
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Dialogue, Screenplay, Producer, Director
Sisters-in-Arms
Screenplay, Producer, Director
The Call
Screenplay, Dialogue, Producer, Director
The Yellow Cruise
Director, Editor
Autopolis
Director
La voie sans disque
1933
La voie sans disque
Director, Writer
Rama, the Cannibal Girl
Writer, Director
Verdun: Visions of History
Writer, Director
The Black Cruise
Director
La Brière
Director
Jocelyn
Director, Writer
The Jade Casket
Director, Screenplay
Narayana
Director