Léon Poirier

Directeur, Scénariste, Éditeur, Producteur

25 août 1884 — 27 juin 1968 (83 ans)
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.

Connue pour

  • L'Appel du silence
    L'Appel du silence1936
  • La Croisière Jaune
    La Croisière Jaune1934
  • Jeannou
    Jeannou1943

Filmographie

1937
Soeurs d'armes · as Screenplay
1936
The Call · as Screenplay
1928

1943
Jeannou · as Dialogue