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Directing Documentary Seminar with Leanne Pooley

Leanne Pooley — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:15:07 +1300

Multi-award winning documentary filmmaker Leanne Pooley will run a two day seminar on making documentaries for the NZ and International marketplaces.

From the initial idea to realising the film and distribution, the focus of this seminar will be the practical realities of documentary directing. Read More »

Topp Twins doco breaks $1 m mark

The Big Idea Editor — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:31:44 +1200

New Zealand film Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls broke the $1 million mark at the New Zealand box office this week, after just four weeks on screen.

Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls directed by Leanne Pooley and starring the iconic Topp Twins, opened on over 50 screens nationwide on April 9th. Read More »

Director Leanne Pooley

The Big Idea Editor — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:31:55 +1200

Award winning documentary filmmaker Leanne Pooley answers The Big Idea community questions about directing The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls. Read More »

ScreenTalk: Leanne Pooley on making Untouchable Girls

The Big Idea Editor — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:36:51 +1200

Documentary filmmaker Leanne Pooley’s award-winning films have examined some of the most potent issues of New Zealand’s recent history from euthanasia (The Promise, about euthanasia advocate Lesley Martin), to sport and politics (Try Revolution, about the effect of protests against the 1981 Springbok Tour in South Africa), to controversial murders (Relative Guilt, about the effect of the Da Read More »