Léon Poirier
Directing
- Born
- August 25, 1884 · Paris, France
- Died
- June 27, 1968 (age 83)
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
The Yellow Cruise
March 18, 1934
Verdun: Visions of History
November 8, 1928
Sisters-in-Arms
December 2, 1937
Narayana
October 22, 1920
The Call
May 1, 1936
Rama, the Cannibal Girl
November 28, 1930
Jocelyn
November 3, 1922
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
February 1, 1940
La Brière
January 2, 1924
Jeannou
November 10, 1943
The Jade Casket
November 18, 1921
Verdun, memories of history
November 6, 1931
Behind the camera22
- 1949The Unknown Road Director
- 1943Jeannou Director
- 1940Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo Screenplay, Dialogue, Producer, Director
- 1937Sisters-in-Arms Screenplay, Producer, Director
- 1936The Call Producer, Screenplay, Dialogue, Director
- 1934The Yellow Cruise Director, Editor
- 1934Autopolis Director
- 1933La voie sans disque Director, Writer
- 1931Verdun, memories of history Director
- 1931