Léon Poirier

Biography

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.

Birthday

Aug 25, 1884

Place of birth

Paris, France

Deathday

Jun 27, 1968

Credited in

As crew

The Call
Role: Screenplay
The Call
Role: Dialogue
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Role: Dialogue
The Call
Role: Producer
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Role: Screenplay
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Role: Producer
Verdun: Visions of History
Role: Writer
Sisters-in-Arms
Role: Screenplay
Sisters-in-Arms
Role: Producer
La voie sans disque
No picture available
Role: Director
La Brière
Role: Director
Geneviève
No picture available
Role: Director
Le penseur
No picture available
Role: Director
Narayana
Role: Director
The Yellow Cruise
Role: Director
Rama, the Cannibal Girl
Role: Writer
The Call
Role: Director
Jeannou
Role: Director
Sisters-in-Arms
Role: Director
Verdun: Visions of History
Role: Director
Dans la brousse annamite
No picture available
Role: Director
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Role: Director
Rama, the Cannibal Girl
Role: Director
The Jade Casket
Role: Director
Verdun, memories of history
Role: Director
Jocelyn
Role: Director
L'affaire du courrier de Lyon
No picture available
Role: Director
Amours exotiques
No picture available
Role: Director
The Yellow Cruise
Role: Editor
The Unknown Road
Role: Director
Jocelyn
Role: Writer
The Black Cruise
Role: Director
La voie sans disque
No picture available
Role: Writer
The Jade Casket
Role: Screenplay
Autopolis
Role: Director