Laura Poitras
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1964-02-02 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Laura Poitras
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.
Acting
(2017)
Risk
as Self (voice)
(2017)
Meeting Snowden
as Self - Journalist (archive footage)
(2016)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Self - Co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage)
(2014)
Citizenfour
as Self
(2008)
Capturing Reality
as Self
Crew
The Rashomon Effect
Executive Producer
(2023)
How to Have an American Baby
Executive Producer
(2023)
5 Seasons of Revolution
Executive Producer
(2022)
Relative
Producer
(2022)
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Director, Producer, Camera Operator
(2021)
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
(2021)
Terror Contagion
Director
(2021)
Deathtrap on the East River
Director
(2020)
Landfall
Executive Producer
(2019)
XY Chelsea
Executive Producer
(2019)
Triple-Chaser
Director
(2019)
The Proposal
Executive Producer
(2019)
Libre
Executive Producer
(2019)
The Trial
Executive Producer
(2019)
Ghosts of Sugar Land
Executive Producer
(2019)
Cablestreet
Executive Producer
(2019)
Easter Snap
Executive Producer
(2019)
Scenes from a Dry City
Executive Producer
(2019)
Days of Black and Yellow
Executive Producer
(2019)
Shooting the Mafia
Executive Producer
(2018)
Lasting Marks
Executive Producer
(2018)
Discreet Airlift
Executive Producer
(2018)
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Executive Producer
(2018)
Crime + Punishment
Executive Producer
(2018)
Concussion Protocol
Producer
(2018)
The Panama Papers
Executive Producer
(2018)
The Earth is Humming
Executive Producer
(2018)
Adversary
Executive Producer
(2018)
Nuuca
Executive Producer
(2018)
Our New President
Executive Producer
(2018)
Crooked Lines
Executive Producer
(2018)
In the Absence
Executive Producer
(2018)
Dancing with Le Pen
Executive Producer
(2018)
Crime + Punishment
Executive Producer
(2017)
National Disintegrations
Executive Producer
(2017)
Risk
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Sound Recordist, Producer
(2017)
Strong Island
Executive Producer
(2017)
The Moderators
Executive Producer
(2017)
A Night at the Garden
Executive Producer
(2017)
Graven Image
Executive Producer
(2017)
Trump's Lobby
Executive Producer
(2017)
Personal Truth
Executive Producer
(2017)
Clowns
Producer
(2017)
Our New President
Executive Producer
(2017)
Duterte's Hell
Executive Producer
(2017)
Conditioned Response
Executive Producer
(2017)
American Carnage
Executive Producer
(2017)
Gavin Grimm vs.
Executive Producer
(2017)
Picket Line
Executive Producer
(2016)
Speaking Is Difficult
Executive Producer
(2016)
Project X
Director
(2016)
Concerned Student 1950
Executive Producer
(2016)
The Journey
Executive Producer
(2016)
The Vote
Producer
(2016)
Relatively Free
Executive Producer
(2016)
Like
Executive Producer
(2014)
Citizenfour
Director, Producer
(2013)
PRISM: Whistleblower
Editor, Director, Cinematography
(2013)
Death of a Prisoner
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
(2012)
The Program
Editor, Director, Director of Photography
(2011)
O'Say Can You See 1
Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Director
(2011)
O'Say Can You See 2
Producer, Editor, Director
(2010)
The Oath
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
(2006)
My Country, My Country
Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
(2003)
Flag Wars
Director, Sound Recordist, Producer, Cinematography
(1989)
Renga
Director