Leon Poirier
- Category : 1884-births
- Type : MGE
- Profile : 3/5 - Martyr / Heretic
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX The Sleeping Phoenix 3
Biography
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.
He was part of the 'Expédition Citroën Centre Afrique' and directed the road films, "La Croisière noire" (1926) and "La Croisière jaune" (1928), during these expeditions.
He died on 27 June 1968 at 13:00 in Urval, France.