Léon Poirier
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
1949The Unknown Road
Director
1943Jeannou
Director
1940Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Director & Screenplay
1937Sisters-in-Arms
Director & Screenplay
1936The Call
Director & Screenplay
1934The Yellow Cruise
Director
1934Autopolis
Director
1931Verdun, memories of history
Director
1930Rama, the Cannibal Girl
Director & Writer
1928Verdun: Visions of History
Director & Writer
1926The Black Cruise
Director
1924La Brière
Director
1922Jocelyn
Director & Writer
1921The Jade Casket
Director & Screenplay
1920Narayana
Director