Léa Pool
Born: 1950-09-08 in Geneva, Switzerland
Known For: Directing
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).
Filmography
2025
- We Will Find Happiness ... (Director)
2024
- Hôtel Silence ... (Writer)
- Dans un cinéma près de chez vous as Self
2023
2017
- Worst Case, We Get Married ... (Screenplay)
- Double Sentence ... (Script)
2015
- The Passion of Augustine ... (Writer)
2011
- Pink Ribbons, Inc. ... (Director)
2010
- The Last Escape ... (Screenplay)
2008
- Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's ... (Director)
2004
- The Blue Butterfly ... (Director)
- Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche as Self
2001
- Lost and Delirious ... (Director)
2000
1999
- Set Me Free ... (Director)
1998
- Gabrielle Roy ... (Screenplay)
1994
- Desire in Motion ... (Writer)
1992
- Rispondetemi ... (Writer)
1991
- Montreal Stories ... (Director)
- The Savage Woman ... (Director)
1990
- Hotel Chronicles ... (Director)
1988
- Straight for the Heart ... (Screenplay)
1986
- Anne Trister ... (Director)
1984
- A Woman in Transit ... (Director)
1980
- Strass Café ... (Director)