I see myself as a storyteller, I don't mind if the story is fact or fiction, if it's a good story I'd like to tell it.
Leanne PooleyThe thing I learned was the lack of coordination in research projects in the world and therefore you will have gaps in what we could possibly learn from these research projects.
Leanne PooleyI would give female filmmakers the same advice Iโd give any filmmaker; believe in your vision, believe in your team, believe in yourself.
Leanne PooleyPink culture is presented in a positive, pink and gentle way bordering on the thinking that we are "close" to finding a cure. This does not reflect today's reality of more women dying around the world from this disease and the lack of real progress.
Leanne PooleyWhile it is increasingly possible for filmmakers to find an audience on their own (something that is particularly popular amongst documentary filmmakers) I'm still a believer in the "specialist". By this I mean, I back myself as a filmmaker, but I leave the marketing and distribution of my films to the experts.
Leanne Pooley