Aug 25, 1884 - Paris, France
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.
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| Movie | 1936 | The Call | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1936 | The Call | Dialogue | Writing |
| Movie | 1936 | The Call | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1940 | Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo | Dialogue | Writing |
| Movie | 1940 | Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1940 | Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1928 | Verdun: Visions of History | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1937 | Sisters-in-Arms | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1937 | Sisters-in-Arms | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1933 | La voie sans disque | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | La Brière | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | Geneviève | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1920 | Le penseur | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1920 | Narayana | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1934 | The Yellow Cruise | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1930 | Rama, the Cannibal Girl | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1936 | The Call | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1943 | Jeannou | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1937 | Sisters-in-Arms | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1928 | Verdun: Visions of History | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1931 | Dans la brousse annamite | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1940 | Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1930 | Rama, the Cannibal Girl | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1921 | The Jade Casket | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1931 | Verdun, memories of history | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1922 | Jocelyn | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | L'affaire du courrier de Lyon | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1927 | Amours exotiques | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1934 | The Yellow Cruise | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1949 | The Unknown Road | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1922 | Jocelyn | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1926 | La croisière noire | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1933 | La voie sans disque | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1921 | The Jade Casket | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1934 | Autopolis | Director | Directing |
