Léa Pool
Known for: Directing
Born: September 8, 1950
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
24 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
6.7
We'll Find Happiness
2025
7.0
Hôtel Silence
2024
NR
Dans un cinéma près de chez vous
2024
NR
Léa devant la caméra
2023
6.3
Worst Case, We Get Married
2017
NR
Double Sentence
2017
6.9
The Passion of Augustine
2015
6.6
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
2011
6.6
The Last Escape
2010
6.4
Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's
2008
7.1
The Blue Butterfly
2004
6.0
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
6.8
Lost and Delirious
2001
8.0
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema
2000
5.9
Set Me Free
1999
9.0
Gabrielle Roy
1998
4.7
Desire in Motion
1994
4.5
Rispondetemi
1992
5.0
Montreal Stories
1991
6.0
The Savage Woman
1991
8.0
Hotel Chronicles
1990
4.7
Straight for the Heart
1988
5.2
Anne Trister
1986
5.8
A Woman in Transit
1984
NR
Strass Café
1980