Léon Poirier

Directing·Aug 25, 1884·Paris, France

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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.

Film	Credit
The Unknown Road1949 · Director	Director
Jeannou1943 · Director	Director
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo1940 · Screenplay, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Producer, Director
Sisters-in-Arms1937 · Screenplay, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Producer, Director
The Call1936 · Screenplay, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Producer, Director
The Yellow Cruise1934 · Director	Director
Autopolis1934 · Director	Director
LLa voie sans disque1933 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Verdun, memories of history1931 · Director	Director
DDans la brousse annamite1931 · Director	Director
Rama, the Cannibal Girl1930 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Verdun: Visions of History1928 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
AAmours exotiques1927 · Director	Director
The Black Cruise1926 · Director	Director
La Brière1924 · Director	Director
LL'affaire du courrier de Lyon1923 · Director	Director
GGeneviève1923 · Director	Director
Jocelyn1922 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Jade Casket1921 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Narayana1920 · Director	Director
LLe penseur1920 · Director	Director