Léa Pool
Directing
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
Directing21
movieWe'll Find Happiness
2025
Director
movieHôtel Silence
2024
Director
movieDouble Sentence
2017
Director
moviePink Ribbons, Inc.
2011
Director
movieThe Last Escape
2010
Director
movieThe Blue Butterfly
2004
Director
movieLost and Delirious
2001
Director
movieSet Me Free
1999
Director
movieGabrielle Roy
1998
Director
movieDesire in Motion
1994
Director
movieRispondetemi
1992
Director
movieMontreal Stories
1991
Director
movieThe Savage Woman
1991
Director
movieHotel Chronicles
1990
Director
movieStraight for the Heart
1988
Director
movieAnne Trister
1986
Director
movieA Woman in Transit
1984
Director
movieStrass Café
1980
Director
Writing12
movieHôtel Silence
2024
Writer
movieWorst Case, We Get Married
2017
Screenplay
movieThe Passion of Augustine
2015
Screenplay
movieThe Last Escape
2010
Screenplay
movieSet Me Free
1999
Screenplay
movieGabrielle Roy
1998
Screenplay
movieRispondetemi
1992
Writer
movieStraight for the Heart
1988
Screenplay
movieAnne Trister
1986
Writer, Story
Acting4
Crew1
movieDouble Sentence
2017
Script