Léon Poirier

Regisseur, Schrijver, Redacteur, Producer

25 augustus 1884 — 27 juni 1968 (83 years)
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

  • The Yellow Cruise
    The Yellow Cruise1934
  • De maraboet van Hoggar
    De maraboet van Hoggar1936
  • Jeannou
    Jeannou1943

Cinematografie

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

1943
Jeannou · as Dialogue