Manuel Poirier

1954-

Biography: life and films

Manuel Poirier is a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He was born in Peru on 17th November 1954.

His best films as a screenwriter include À la campagne (1995), Western (1997) and Le Café du pont (2010), and whose best work as a film director include À la campagne (1995), Western (1997) and La Maison (2007).

Manuel Poirier has so far scripted 14 films, directed 14 films (including 3 shorts) and appeared in 1 film.

His most frequent genres include: drama (10 films) and comedy-drama (2).

Our average rating for Manuel Poirier over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer

La Petite amie d'Antonio (1992) [d,w]

À la campagne (1995) [d,w]

Marion (1997) [d,w]

Western (1997) [d,w]

De la lumière quand même (2000) [d]

Te quiero (2001) [d,w]

Les Femmes... ou les enfants d'abord... (2002) [d,w]

Chemins de traverse (2004) [d,w]

La Maison (2007) [d,w]

Le Café du pont (2010) [d,w]

Au cul du loup (2012) [w]



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