Directing
Léa Pool
FR, DE, EN cinema · 24 credits
Born
8 September 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Geneva, Switzerland
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
Filmography
We'll Find Happiness
Director
Hôtel Silence
Writer, Director
Worst Case, We Get Married
Screenplay, Director
Double Sentence
Script, Director
The Passion of Augustine
Director, Screenplay
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Director
The Last Escape
Screenplay, Director
The Blue Butterfly
Director
Lost and Delirious
Director
Set Me Free
Director, Screenplay
Gabrielle Roy
Screenplay, Director
Desire in Motion
Writer, Director
Rispondetemi
Writer, Director
Montreal Stories
Director, Writer
The Savage Woman
Director
Hotel Chronicles
Director
Straight for the Heart
Screenplay, Director
Anne Trister
Director, Writer, Story
A Woman in Transit
Director, Writer
Strass Café
Director