Manuel Poirier

{{short description|French film director}}

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| name = Manuel Poirier

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|11|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Peru

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| occupation = Film director
Screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1984–present

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Manuel Poirier (born 17 November 1954) is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed 15 films since 1984. His film Western won the Jury Prize at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4890/year/1997.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Western |accessdate=2009-09-24|work=festival-cannes.com}}