[7][8][3] She immigrated to Canada in 1975 to study at the Université du Québec à Montréal[5] from which she received a bachelor’s degree in communications in 1978; she later thought at her alma mater.
In 1984 she wrote and directed her first fiction feature film, A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l’hôtel), which was received with enthusiasm by both critics and the general public.
She then wrote and directed Anne Trister in 1986, the last installment in a triptych about the difficult quest for feminine identity, and the film was invited to fifteen international festivals.
In 1988, Pool’s film Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu), an adaptation of the novel Kurwenal by Yves Navarre, confirmed her importance to Quebec and Canadian cinematography.
[7] In 1991, she directed her fourth fiction feature film, The Savage Woman (La Demoiselle sauvage), co-written with Michel Langlois and Laurent Gagliardi, based on the story of Corinna Bille.
In 1992, she directed Rispondetemi, a segment of the film Montreal Stories (Montréal vu par...) by a collective of filmmakers including Patricia Rozema, Denys Arcand, Michel Brault, Atom Egoyan, and Jacques Leduc.
From 1994 to 1995, she directed two hour-long documentaries for TV as a part of a series of six bilingual episodes titled Femmes : Une histoire inédite, focusing on the emancipation of women.
The quality of her work has been recognized in Switzerland, France, Japan (Tokyo), Belgium, Sweden, Canada (Toronto), and the United States (Denver, etc.)
Pool directed her first feature film in English,[7] Lost and Delirious, starring Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré, Mischa Barton, and Graham Greene, in 2000.
Following this, from 2004 to 2005, she hosted workshops for the Union des artistes on interpretation in front of the camera, and from 2004-2006, she taught film direction at Université du Québec à Montréal.
In 2016, she directed both a feature-length documentary entitled Double Peine and the feature film Worst Case, We Get Married (Et au pire on se mariera) based on the eponymous novel by Sophie Bienvenu who co-wrote the screenplay.
Throughout her career, Pool has participated as a member of the jury at international festivals in Chicago (United States), Locarno (Switzerland), and Taormina (Italy).
In addition, she has won the Jutra Prize three times for the most successful films outside of Quebec - Set Me Free (Emporte-moi), Lost and Delirious, and Mommy Is at the Hairdresser’s (Maman est chez le coiffeur).
[14] She has a personal connection with her work, with many themes in her own life appearing in her films, including the exploration of identity and exile, as well as her Jewish heritage and her sexuality.