Leanne Pooley
Leanne Pooley has made documentaries about yodelling twins, dancers, euthanasia, and artificial intelligence. Along the way, the Canadian-born Kiwi has won dozens of awards, plus a New Zealand Order of Merit. Pooley's CV includes Topp Twins hit Untouchable Girls, 3D saga Beyond the Edge, suicide story The Girl on the Bridge, and 25 April — which utilises animation to recreate the experience of WWI soldiers.
I was curious. As a filmmaker, that’s all you are at the end of the day – a paid curious person. Leanne Pooley on making documentary Try Revolution, The Listener, 2 September 2006
Leanne Pooley: Award-winning documentarian...
Interview, 2009
Dame Valerie Adams - More Than Gold
2022, Producer - Film
We Need to Talk about A.I.
2021, Director, Writer - Film
The Girl on the Bridge
2020, Director, Writer - Film
NZ Film Commission turns 40 - Past Memories
2018, Subject - Web
25 April
2015, Director, Writer - Film
Beyond the Edge
2013, Director, Writer - Film
Shackleton's Captain
2012, Director, Writer - Television
Finding Mercy
2012, Producer - Film
The Topp Twins - Untouchable Girls
2009, Director - Film
Being Billy Apple
2007, Director, Producer - Television
Try Revolution
2006, Director, Producer - Television
The Promise
2005, Director, Producer - Television
Haunting Douglas
2003, Director, Producer, DV Camera - Television
Kiwi Buddha
2000, Producer - Television
Relative Guilt
1999, Director, Producer - Television
First Hand
1992 - 1996, Director, Camera - Television
First Hand - Changing Minds
1992, Director, Camera - Television
First Hand - Just Like Anyone Else
1992, Director, Camera - Television
First Hand - Mahurangi Day
1992, Production team - Television
First Hand - Paradise Lost
1992, Director - Television
First Hand - Sister to the Sinner
1992, Director - Television