Léon Poirier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Léon Poirier

French film producer, screenwriter and director

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1884

Place of Birth: 16th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 27-Jun-1968

Profession: screenwriter, film director, film producer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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.