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Leanne Pooley has won a raft of awards for her work as a documentary filmmaker. Her work - including Topp Twins movie Untouchable Girls and Douglas Wright documentary Haunting Douglas - has been seen in New Zealand and around the world.
I was curious. As a filmmaker, that’s all you are at the end of the day – a paid curious person.
– Leanne Pooley in The Listener, on what attracted her to the subject of Try Revolution
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2009 |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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Producer |
2003 |
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The Man Who Has Everything |
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2001 |
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2000 |
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1999 |
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Eyewitness - Pond and River |
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1996 |
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Deadline |
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1994 |
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First Hand |
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1990 - 1992 |
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Forty Minutes |
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1993 |
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Everyman |
Director |
1994 - 1997 |
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2010 Portland International Film Festival (United States)
Audience Award for Best Documentary (shared with Arani Cuthbert): The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
2010 Seattle International Film Festival
Lena Sharpe Women in Cinema Award: The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
2010 Goteborg Film Festival (Sweden)
Audience Dragon Award for Best Feature (with Arani Cuthbert): The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
2009 Toronto International Film Festival
People's Choice Award for Best Documentary: The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
2009 Melbourne International Film Festival
Audience Award for Most Popular Documentary: The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Best Feature Film - Budget Under $1 Million: The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards
Best Documentary: for The Promise
Nominated for Achievement in Directing, Documentary: The Promise
2005 Air New Zealand Screen Awards
Achievement in Directing, Documentary: for Haunting Douglas
Nominated for Best Documentary (with Shona McCullagh): for Haunting Douglas
2004 ReelDance International Screendance Festival (Sydney)
Best Documentary: for Haunting Douglas
2004 Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco Film Festival (United States)
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature: for Haunting Douglas
1999 Qantas Media Awards
Best Documentary: Relative Guilt