Laura Poitras
Known For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
Feb 2, 1964 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
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
| 2017 | RiskSelf (voice) | |
| 2017 | Meeting SnowdenSelf - Journalist (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Код доступаSelf | |
| 2016 | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. StoneSelf - Co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | CitizenfourSelf | |
| 2008 | Capturing RealitySelf | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf | |
| 1951 | German Film AwardSelf |
| 2025 | Cover-UpProducer | |
| 2025 | FloodExecutive Producer | |
| 2023 | How to Have an American BabyExecutive Producer | |
| 2023 | 5 Seasons of RevolutionExecutive Producer | |
| 2022 | RelativeProducer | |
| 2022 | All the Beauty and the BloodshedProducer | |
| 2021 | The Year of the Everlasting StormProducer | |
| 2020 | LandfallExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | XY ChelseaExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | The ProposalExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | LibreExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | The TrialExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | Ghosts of Sugar LandExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | CablestreetExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | Easter SnapExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | Scenes from a Dry CityExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | Days of Black and YellowExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | Shooting the MafiaExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Lasting MarksExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Discreet AirliftExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Hale County This Morning, This EveningExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Crime + PunishmentExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Concussion ProtocolProducer | |
| 2018 | The Panama PapersExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | The Earth is HummingExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | AdversaryExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | NuucaExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Our New PresidentExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Crooked LinesExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | In the AbsenceExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Dancing with Le PenExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | Crime + PunishmentExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | National DisintegrationsExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | Strong IslandExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | RiskProducer | |
| 2017 | The ModeratorsExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | A Night at the GardenExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | Graven ImageExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | Trump's LobbyExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | Personal TruthExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | ClownsProducer | |
| 2017 | Our New PresidentExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | Duterte's HellExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | Conditioned ResponseExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | American CarnageExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | Gavin Grimm vs.Executive Producer | |
| 2017 | Picket LineExecutive Producer | |
| 2016 | Speaking Is DifficultExecutive Producer | |
| 2016 | Concerned Student 1950Executive Producer | |
| 2016 | The JourneyExecutive Producer | |
| 2016 | The VoteProducer | |
| 2016 | Relatively FreeExecutive Producer | |
| 2016 | LikeExecutive Producer | |
| 2014 | CitizenfourProducer | |
| 2014 | Evaporating BordersExecutive Producer | |
| 2011 | O'Say Can You See 1Producer | |
| 2011 | O'Say Can You See 2Producer | |
| 2010 | The OathProducer | |
| 2006 | My Country, My CountryProducer | |
| 2003 | Flag WarsProducer | |
| 1988 | POVProducer | |
| - | The Rashomon EffectExecutive Producer |
| 2025 | Cover-UpDirector | |
| 2022 | All the Beauty and the BloodshedDirector | |
| 2021 | The Year of the Everlasting StormDirector | |
| 2021 | Terror ContagionDirector | |
| 2021 | Deathtrap on the East RiverDirector | |
| 2019 | Triple-ChaserDirector | |
| 2017 | RiskDirector | |
| 2016 | Project XDirector | |
| 2014 | CitizenfourDirector | |
| 2013 | PRISM: WhistleblowerDirector | |
| 2013 | Death of a PrisonerDirector | |
| 2012 | The ProgramDirector | |
| 2011 | O'Say Can You See 2Director | |
| 2011 | O'Say Can You See 1Director | |
| 2010 | The OathDirector | |
| 2006 | My Country, My CountryDirector | |
| 2003 | Flag WarsDirector | |
| 1989 | RengaDirector | |
| 1988 | POVDirector |
| 2013 | PRISM: WhistleblowerCinematography | |
| 2012 | Keep the Lights OnThanks | |
| 2003 | Flag WarsCinematography |