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Léa Pool

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Date of birth

Sep 8, 1950(age: 76)

Place of birth

Geneva, Switzerland

Léa Pool

Biography of Léa Pool:

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).

Léa Pool has directed:

We Will Find Happiness(2025)

Hôtel Silence(2024)

Worst Case, We Get Married(2017)

Double Sentence(2017)

The Passion of Augustine(2015)

Pink Ribbons, Inc.(2011)

The Last Escape(2010)

Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's(2008)

The Blue Butterfly(2004)

Lost and Delirious(2001)

Set Me Free(1999)

Gabrielle Roy(1998)

Desire in Motion(1994)

Rispondetemi(1992)

Montreal Stories(1991)

The Savage Woman(1991)

Hotel Chronicles(1990)

Straight for the Heart(1988)

Anne Trister(1986)

A Woman in Transit(1984)

Strass Café(1980)

Léa Pool has acted in:

Léa devant la caméra(2023)

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche(2004) ... as Self

Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema(2000) ... as Self

Additional credits for Léa Pool:

Hôtel Silence(2024)(Writer)

Worst Case, We Get Married(2017)(Screenplay)

Double Sentence(2017)(Script)

The Passion of Augustine(2015)(Screenplay)

The Last Escape(2010)(Screenplay)

Set Me Free(1999)(Screenplay)

Gabrielle Roy(1998)(Screenplay)

Desire in Motion(1994)(Writer)

Rispondetemi(1992)(Writer)

Montreal Stories(1991)(Writer)

Straight for the Heart(1988)(Screenplay)

Anne Trister(1986)(Writer)

A Woman in Transit(1984)(Writer)

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