Laura Poitras

Laura Poitras is an Academy Award-winning American documentary film director and producer residing in Berlin. Poitras has received numerous awards for her work, including the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Citizenfour, about Edward Snowden. while My Country, My Country received a nomination in the same category in 2007. She won the 2013 George Polk Award for "national security reporting" related to the NSA disclosures. The NSA reporting by Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill, and Barton Gellmancontributed to the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service awarded jointly to The Guardian and The Washington Post. She is a 2012 MacArthur Fellow, and one of the initial supporters of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.

Known For

Citizenfour
Citizenfour
Citizenfour
The Daily Show
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Birth Location Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Born 1964-02-02

Movies

Risk as Self (voice)
2017
Meeting Snowden as Self - Journalist (archive footage)
2017
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone as Self, co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage)
2016
Citizenfour as Self
2014
2008

Movies

5 Seasons of Revolution Executive Producer
2023
How to Have an American Baby Executive Producer
2023
2022
Relative Producer
2022
Terror Contagion Director
2021
The Year of the Everlasting Storm Director of Photography
2021
Landfall Executive Producer
2020
Shooting the Mafia Executive Producer
2019
Cablestreet Executive Producer
2019
The Proposal Executive Producer
2019
XY Chelsea Executive Producer
2019
Triple-Chaser Director
2019
Scenes from a Dry City Executive Producer
2019
The Trial Executive Producer
2019
Days of Black and Yellow Executive Producer
2019
Ghosts of Sugar Land Executive Producer
2019
Easter Snap Executive Producer
2019
Libre Executive Producer
2019
In the Absence Executive Producer
2018
Crooked Lines Executive Producer
2018
Lasting Marks Executive Producer
2018
The Panama Papers Executive Producer
2018
Nuuca Executive Producer
2018
Dancing with Le Pen Executive Producer
2018
Discreet Airlift Executive Producer
2018
Adversary Executive Producer
2018
The Earth is Humming Executive Producer
2018
2018
Crime + Punishment Executive Producer
2018
2018
Our New President Executive Producer
2018
Graven Image Executive Producer
2017
American Carnage Executive Producer
2017
Personal Truth Executive Producer
2017
A Night at the Garden Executive Producer
2017
Gavin Grimm vs. Executive Producer
2017
National Disintegrations Executive Producer
2017
Duterte's Hell Executive Producer
2017
Conditioned Response Executive Producer
2017
Our New President Executive Producer
2017
Picket Line Executive Producer
2017
Risk Sound Recordist
2017
Risk Editor
2017
Risk Director of Photography
2017
Risk Producer
2017
Risk Director
2017
Clowns Producer
2017
The Moderators Executive Producer
2017
Strong Island Executive Producer
2017
Trump's Lobby Executive Producer
2017
Relatively Free Executive Producer
2016
Project X Director
2016
The Vote Producer
2016
The Journey Executive Producer
2016
Like Executive Producer
2016
Concerned Student 1950 Executive Producer
2016
Speaking Is Difficult Executive Producer
2016
Citizenfour Producer
2014
Citizenfour Director
2014
2013
PRISM: Whistleblower Cinematography
2013
2013
Death of a Prisoner Director of Photography
2013
2013
2013
The Program Director of Photography
2012
The Program Editor
2012
The Program Director
2012
2011
2011
2011
O'Say Can You See 1 Director of Photography
2011
2011
2011
2011
The Oath Producer
2010
The Oath Director of Photography
2010
The Oath Director
2010
My Country, My Country Director of Photography
2006
2006
2006
Flag Wars Director
2003
Flag Wars Sound Recordist
2003
Flag Wars Cinematography
2003
Flag Wars Producer
2003
Renga Director
1989
The Rashomon Effect Executive Producer
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