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