Léon Poirier
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 25, 1884
- Died
- June 27, 1968 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
The Unknown Road
Movie · Director
Jeannou
Movie · Director
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Movie · Director
Sisters-in-Arms
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The Call
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The Yellow Cruise
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Autopolis
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La voie sans disque
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Dans la brousse annamite
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Verdun, memories of history
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Rama, the Cannibal Girl
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Verdun: Visions of History
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Amours exotiques
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The Black Cruise
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La Brière
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Geneviève
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L'affaire du courrier de Lyon
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Jocelyn
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The Jade Casket
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L'Ombre Déchirée
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Le penseur
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Narayana
Movie · Director