Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 25, 1884
Died
June 27, 1968
Age
83
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Popularity
0.6
Léon Poirier
Directing
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.
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Known For
9.0
Le penseur
1920 · Movie
8.0
The Call
1936 · Movie
9.0
Jeannou
1943 · Movie
10.0
La Brière
1924 · Movie
7.0
Geneviève
1923 · Movie
5.8
Narayana
1920 · Movie
8.0
Jocelyn
1922 · Movie
0.0
L'Ombre Déchirée
1921 · Movie
6.3
The Yellow Cruise
1934 · Movie
7.8
Verdun: Visions of History
1928 · Movie
0.0
Dans la brousse annamite
1931 · Movie
10.0
La voie sans disque
1933 · Movie
Filmography
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