Léa Pool
Film director, screenwriter · Switzerland · On the map · Directors · Born 1950 · age 76
Léa Pool C.M. 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.
Léa Pool is read about 47 times a day, in 15 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 30 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 98 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
We'll Find HappinessFilm, Director2024
Dans un cinéma près de chez vousSeries2023
Léa devant la caméraFilm2022Knight of the National Order of QuebecAward2017
Double SentenceFilm, Director2011
Pink Ribbons, Inc.Film, Director2010
The Last EscapeFilm, Director, Writer2006Prix Albert-TessierAwardWomen of Distinction AwardsAward2004
The Blue ButterflyFilm, Director2001
Lost and DeliriousFilm, Director1999
Set Me FreeFilm, Director, Writer1998
Gabrielle RoyFilm, Director, Writer1992
RispondetemiFilm, Director, Writer1991
Montreal StoriesFilm, Director, Writer1988
Straight for the HeartFilm, Director, Writer1986
Anne TristerFilm, Director, Writer1980
Strass CaféFilm, Director1950Born8 September 1950People around Léa
Close ties
Céline Bonnier Léa directed Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (2008)
Louise Marleau Léa directed Anne Trister and A Woman in Transit
Matthias Habich Léa directed The Savage Woman (1991)
Karine Vanasse Léa directed Set Me Free (1999)
Anne Dorval Léa directed Montreal Stories and Rispondetemi- Monique Mercure Léa directed Set Me Free and Montreal Stories
Pascale Bussières Léa directed Set Me Free and The Blue Butterfly
Paule Baillargeon Léa directed Montreal Stories (1991)
Andrée Lachapelle Léa directed The Last Escape (2010)
Raoul Trujillo Léa directed Montreal Stories (1991)
Yves Jacques Léa directed The Last Escape (2010)
Aliocha Schneider Léa directed The Last Escape (2010)
Élise Guilbault Léa directed Desire in Motion (1994)
William Hurt Léa directed The Blue Butterfly (2004)
Emily VanCamp Léa directed Lost and Delirious (2001)
Piper Perabo Léa directed Lost and Delirious (2001)
Maury Chaykin Léa directed Montreal Stories (1991)
Luke Kirby Léa directed Lost and Delirious (2001)
Laurent Lucas Léa directed Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (2008)- Jackie Burroughs Léa directed Lost and Delirious (2001)
Mimi Kuzyk Léa directed Lost and Delirious (2001)
France Castel Léa directed Straight for the Heart (1988)
Gabriel Arcand Léa directed Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (2008)
Gilles Renaud Léa directed A Woman in Transit (1986)
Filmography 24
39 credits on file
Television 1
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Awards
About this person
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).
