Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 25, 1884
Died
June 27, 1968
Age
83
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Popularity
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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
7.0
Geneviève
1923 · Movie
10.0
La Brière
1924 · Movie
5.8
Narayana
1920 · Movie
9.0
Le penseur
1920 · Movie
8.0
Jocelyn
1922 · Movie
9.0
Jeannou
1943 · Movie
6.3
The Yellow Cruise
1934 · Movie
8.0
The Call
1936 · Movie
5.2
Sisters-in-Arms
1937 · Movie
0.0
Amours exotiques
1927 · Movie
10.0
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
1940 · Movie
7.8
Verdun: Visions of History
1928 · Movie
Filmography
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