Director

Léon Poirier

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Directed movies: 10Directed series: 0All crew credits: 15

TMDB ID: 1334665

IMDb ID: nm0688543

Known for: Directing

Born: August 25, 1884

Died: June 27, 1968

Age: 83

Place of birth: Paris, France

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1920 - 1949

Years active: 30

Wikidata: Q3271271

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Biography

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.