death_date death_place birth_place birth_date yearsactive image article_title name occupation
june 27 , 1968 urval , dordogne , france paris , france august 25 , 1884 1913 -- 49 léon poirier.jpg léon poirier
 léon poirier film director , screenwriter
léon poirier

léon poirier -lrb- august 25 , 1884 -- june 27 , 1968 -rrb- 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 '' '' , a drama-documentary depicting the world war i battle of verdun .
his later films adopted a form of poetic realism influenced by pictorialist photography .
