Person
Léon Poirier
Directing · 1884–1968 · Paris, France
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.
Known for
Geneviève
Director
Le penseur
Director
Jocelyn
Director
The Yellow Cruise
Director
The Call
Producer
Narayana
Director
La Brière
Director
Sisters-in-Arms
Screenplay
Autopolis
Director
Dans la brousse annamite
Director
Filmography
- 1949The Unknown RoadDirector
- 1943JeannouDirector
- 1940Brazza, or The Epic of the CongoScreenplay
- 1937Sisters-in-ArmsScreenplay
- 1936The CallProducer
- 1934The Yellow CruiseDirector
- 1934AutopolisDirector
- 1933La voie sans disqueDirector
- 1931Verdun, memories of historyDirector
- 1931Dans la brousse annamiteDirector
- 1930Rama, the Cannibal GirlWriter
- 1928Verdun: Visions of HistoryWriter
- 1927Amours exotiquesDirector
- 1926The Black CruiseDirector
- 1924La BrièreDirector
- 1923L'affaire du courrier de LyonDirector
- 1923GenevièveDirector
- 1922JocelynDirector
- 1921The Jade CasketDirector
- 1920NarayanaDirector
- 1920Le penseurDirector
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