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Léa Pool

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 09/08/1950 (73) | Geneva (Switzerland)
Léa Pool C.M. (born 8 September 1950) is a Canadian and Swiss filmmaker who taught film at the Université du Québec à Montréal. 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. ()

Born in Switzerland in 1950, Léa Pool emigrated to Canada in 1975 and taught film-making from 1978 to 1983. Named “Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres de France” in 1994. Lives in Montreal.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for Léa Pool

Prix Albert-Tessier Member of The Order of Canada Knight of The National Order of Quebec
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Movies with Léa Pool as Actress(1)

Movies with Léa Pool as Crew(29)

Directing/Director2024 Hôtel Silence
Writing/Writer2024 Hôtel Silence
Directing/Director2017 Worst Case We Get Married
Writing/Screenplay2017 Worst Case We Get Married
Crew/Script2017 Double Sentence
Directing/Director2017 Double Sentence
Directing/Director2015 The Passion of Augustine
Writing/Writer2015 The Passion of Augustine
Directing/Director2011 Pink Ribbons, Inc.
Directing/Director2010 The Last Escape
Writing/Screenplay2010 The Last Escape
Directing/Director2008 Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's
Directing/Director2004 The Blue Butterfly
Directing/Director2001 Lost and Delirious
Directing/Director1999 Set Me Free
Writing/Writer1999 Set Me Free
Directing/Director1998 Gabrielle Roy
Writing/Screenplay1998 Gabrielle Roy
Directing/Director1994 Desire in Motion
Writing/Writer1994 Desire in Motion
Directing/Director1992 Rispondetemi
Writing/Writer1992 Rispondetemi
Directing/Director1991 Montreal Stories
Directing/Director1991 The Savage Woman
Directing/Director1990 Hotel Chronicles
Directing/Director1988 Straight for the Heart
Writing/Screenplay1988 Straight for the Heart
Directing/Director1986 Anne Trister
Directing/Director1984 La Femme de l'hôtel

Full Name: Léa Pool
Citizenships: Canada, Switzerland
Born: Friday, 09/08 1950 (September) in Geneva (Switzerland) (current age: 73 years + 231 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: French (FR)
Educated at: Université du Québec à Montréal
Léa Pool frequently works together with these people:
Serge Bureau (5x, Crew)
Pierre Mignot (5x, Crew)
Michel Arcand (5x, Crew)
Atom Egoyan (3x, Crew)
Paule Baillargeon (3x, Actress)
Denys Arcand (3x, Crew)
Louise Marleau (3x, Actress)
Élise Guilbault (3x, Actress)
Andrée Lachapelle (3x, Actress)
Kim Yaroshevskaya (3x, Actress)
Yvan Bourdages (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:77746, Added: 05/24/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024