Directing · geboren 1884-08-25 · Paris, France

Léon Poirier

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.

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• La Croisière Jaune (1934) – Director
• Verdun, visions d'histoire (1928) – Writer
• Sœurs d'armes (1937) – Screenplay
• Narayana (1920) – Director
• L'Appel du silence (1936) – Producer
• Caïn, aventures des mers exotiques (1930) – Writer
• Jocelyn (1922) – Director
• Brazza ou l'Épopée du Congo (1940) – Screenplay
• La voie sans disque (1933) – Director
• La Brière (1924) – Director
• Geneviève (1923) – Director
• Le penseur (1920) – Director
• Jeannou (1943) – Director
• Le coffret de jade (1921) – Director
• Verdun, souvenirs d'histoire (1931) – Director
• L'affaire du courrier de Lyon (1923) – Director
• La route inconnue (1949) – Director
• La croisière noire (1926) – Director
• Dans la brousse annamite (1931) – Director
• Amours exotiques (1927) – Director
• Autopolis (1934) – Director
• L'Ombre Déchirée (1921) – Director