Leanne Pooley
Choir Games captured on film: Leanne Pooley
In 2024, Auckland hosted The World Choir Games. Award-winning documentary filmmaker Leanne Pooley captured this choral extravaganza event for documentary series The Choir Games. Audio
Leanne Pooley on her new doco about youth mental health activist Jazz Thornton
In the new documentary The Girl on The Bridge, suicide survivor Jazz Thornton confronts New Zealand's youth mental health crisis head-on. The film documents not only Jazz's extraordinary activism but… Video, Audio
Dancer Douglas Wright paid price for genius - filmmaker
Dancer, choreographer and writer Douglas Wright was a genius - and paid a price for it. That's the view of filmmaker Leanne Pooley who made the 2003 documentary Haunting Douglas. Wright died on… Audio
Leanne Pooley: a picture of womanhood worldwide
On January 21, women took to the streets worldwide after Donald Trump's inauguration. Leanne Pooley's ambitious new project will bring their voices together and find out why. Audio
Drawing on success
Only one woman is a contender for this year’s Best Animated Feature Academy Award, and that woman is New Zealand director Leanne Pooley. Her animated documentary 25 April is about the WWI Gallipoli… Audio
Media: documentary makers
Previously on The Weekend we looked at the future for the New Zealand film Industry. This time it's the turn of New Zealand documentary makers. We talk to two of the best in this difficult business -… Audio
Leanne Pooley
She conquered 3D technology in her Everest documentary Beyond the Edge, now director Leanne Pooley's new project is an animated feature about the Gallipoli landings, to be called 25 April. She's… Audio
Big Year interview: Leanne Pooley
Writer and director of 'Beyond the Edge' - about Sir Edmund Hillary's ascent of Everest. Audio
'Beyond The Edge' feature film
'Beyond The Edge', a New Zealand film about Sir Edmund Hillary's journey to the summit of Mt Everest, premieres in Wellington today. Shot in the Southern Alps and incorporating original footage and… Audio
World premiere of film about Hillary's Everest climb
The world premiere of a New Zealand film depicting Sir Edmund Hillary's ascent of Everest is about to screen at the Toronto Film Festival. Audio
Arts Report - With Lynn Freeman
Documentary maker Leanne Pooley talks about her latest work and the late Len Lye is stirring up some local emotions. Audio
