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Léa Pool

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
4

Gender
Female

Birthday
September 8, 1950 (75 years old)

Place of Birth
Geneva, Switzerland

Léa Pool

Biography

Léa Pool C.M. (born September 8, 1950) is a Canadian and Swiss filmmaker. She has directed several documentaries and feature films, many of which have won significant awards including the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, and she was the first woman to win the prize for Best Film at the Quebec Cinema Awards. Pool's films often opposed stereotypes and refused to focus on heterosexual relations, preferring individuality. She also taught film at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).

Known For

Directing

2025We'll Find Happiness...Director
2024Hôtel Silence...Director
2017Worst Case, We Get Married...Director
2017Double Sentence...Director
2015The Passion of Augustine...Director
2011Pink Ribbons, Inc....Director
2010The Last Escape...Director
2008Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's...Director
2004The Blue Butterfly...Director
2001Lost and Delirious...Director
1999Set Me Free...Director
1998Gabrielle Roy...Director
1994Desire in Motion...Director
1992Rispondetemi...Director
1991Montreal Stories...Director
1991The Savage Woman...Director
1990Hotel Chronicles...Director
1988Straight for the Heart...Director
1986Anne Trister...Director
1984A Woman in Transit...Director
1980Strass Café...Director

Writing

2024Hôtel Silence...Writer
2017Worst Case, We Get Married...Screenplay
2015The Passion of Augustine...Screenplay
2010The Last Escape...Screenplay
1999Set Me Free...Screenplay
1998Gabrielle Roy...Screenplay
1994Desire in Motion...Writer
1992Rispondetemi...Writer
1991Montreal Stories...Writer
1988Straight for the Heart...Screenplay
1986Anne Trister...Writer
1986Anne Trister...Story
1984A Woman in Transit...Writer

Crew

2017Double Sentence...Script

Acting

2024Dans un cinéma près de chez vousas Self
2023Léa devant la caméraas
2004Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psycheas Self
2000Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinemaas Self