Person
Léa Pool
Directing · Born 1950-09-08 · Geneva, Switzerland
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
Lost and Delirious
Director
We'll Find Happiness
Director
The Blue Butterfly
Director
Desire in Motion
Director
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
Self
Montreal Stories
Director
Set Me Free
Director
Hôtel Silence
Director
Worst Case, We Get Married
Director
The Passion of Augustine
Director
Filmography
- 2025We'll Find HappinessDirector
- 2024Hôtel SilenceDirector
- 2024Dans un cinéma près de chez vousSelf
- 2023Léa devant la caméra
- 2017Worst Case, We Get MarriedDirector
- 2017Double SentenceDirector
- 2015The Passion of AugustineDirector
- 2011Pink Ribbons, Inc.Director
- 2010The Last EscapeScreenplay
- 2008Mommy Is at the Hairdresser'sDirector
- 2004The Blue ButterflyDirector
- 2004Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic PsycheSelf
- 2001Lost and DeliriousDirector
- 2000Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s CinemaSelf
- 1999Set Me FreeDirector
- 1998Gabrielle RoyDirector
- 1994Desire in MotionDirector
- 1992RispondetemiWriter
- 1991Montreal StoriesDirector
- 1991The Savage WomanDirector
- 1990Hotel ChroniclesDirector
- 1988Straight for the HeartDirector
- 1986Anne TristerDirector
- 1984A Woman in TransitDirector
- 1980Strass CaféDirector
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