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Léon Poirier
French film producer, screenwriter and director (1884-1968) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 83
Léon Poirier 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.
Léon Poirier is read about 5.5 times a day, in 8 languages.
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1968Died27 June 19681949
The Unknown RoadFilm, Director1943
JeannouFilm, Director1940
Brazza, or The Epic of the CongoFilm, Director, Writer1936
The CallFilm, Director, Writer1934
AutopolisFilm, Director1933La voie sans disqueFilm, Director, Writer1931Dans la brousse annamiteFilm, Director1928
Verdun: Visions of HistoryFilm, Director, Writer1927Amours exotiquesFilm, Director1926
The Black CruiseFilm, Director1924
La BrièreFilm, Director1922
JocelynFilm, Director, Writer1921L'Ombre DéchiréeFilm, Director1920Le penseurFilm, Director1884Born24 August 1884
The Unknown RoadFilm, Director1943JeannouFilm, Director1940Brazza, or The Epic of the CongoFilm, Director, Writer1936The CallFilm, Director, Writer1934AutopolisFilm, Director1933La voie sans disqueFilm, Director, Writer1931Dans la brousse annamiteFilm, Director1928Verdun: Visions of HistoryFilm, Director, Writer1927Amours exotiquesFilm, Director1926The Black CruiseFilm, Director1924La BrièreFilm, Director1922JocelynFilm, Director, Writer1921L'Ombre DéchiréeFilm, Director1920Le penseurFilm, Director1884Born24 August 1884People around Léon
Close ties
Suzanne Bianchetti Léon directed L'Appel du silence (1936)
Josette Day Léon directed Sisters in Arms (1937)
Alice Tissot Léon directed L'Appel du silence (1936)
Jeanne Marie-Laurent Also in La Brière and Verdun: Visions of History
Janine Darcey Léon directed Sisters in Arms (1937)
Bernard Natan Produced The Yellow Cruise (1934)
Colette Darfeuil Léon directed The Courier of Lyon (1923)
Mireille Perrey Léon directed Jeannou (1943)
Filmography 22
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About this person
His later films adopted a form of poetic realism influenced by pictorialist photography.
Country
France
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1884 to 1968 · aged 83
