About
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
The Unknown Road1949 · Director
Jeannou1943 · Director
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo1940 · Dialogue, Screenplay, Producer, Director
Sisters-in-Arms1937 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
The Call1936 · Screenplay, Dialogue, Producer, Director
The Yellow Cruise1934 · Director, Editor
Autopolis1934 · Director
La voie sans disque1933 · Director, Writer
Verdun, memories of history1931 · Director
Dans la brousse annamite1931 · Director
Rama, the Cannibal Girl1930 · Writer, Director
Verdun: Visions of History1928 · Writer, Director
Amours exotiques1927 · Director
The Black Cruise1926 · Director
La Brière1924 · Director
L'affaire du courrier de Lyon1923 · Director
Geneviève1923 · Director
Jocelyn1922 · Director, Writer
The Jade Casket1921 · Director, Screenplay
Narayana1920 · Director