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.
Filmography
all 22
Movies 22
Director 19
Producer 3
Director
The Unknown Road (1949)
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Director
Jeannou (1943)
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Director
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo (1940)
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Director
Sisters-in-Arms (1937)
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Director
The Call (1936)
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Director
The Yellow Cruise (1934)
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Director
La voie sans disque (1933)
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Producer
A Gentleman of the Ring (1932)
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Producer
Love... Love... (1932)
Movie
Producer
The Mad Night (1932)
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Director
Verdun, memories of history (1931)
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Director
Dans la brousse annamite (1931)
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Director
Rama, the Cannibal Girl (1930)
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Director
Verdun: Visions of History (1928)
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Director
Amours exotiques (1927)
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Director
La croisière noire (1926)
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Director
La Brière (1924)
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Director
Geneviève (1923)
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Director
Jocelyn (1922)
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Director
The Jade Casket (1921)
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Director
Narayana (1920)
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Director
Le penseur (1920)
Movie
Ratings
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1920
1926
1931
1932
1949
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1884-08-24
Deathday1968-06-27 (83 years old)
Birth Place16th arrondissement of Paris, France
RelativesBerthe Morisot
CitizenshipsFrance
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