Laura Poitras
Directing
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.
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movieCover-Up
2025
Director
movieTerror Contagion
2021
Director
movieTriple-Chaser
2019
Director
movieRisk
2017
Director
movieProject X
2016
Director
movieCitizenfour
2014
Director
moviePRISM: Whistleblower
2013
Director
movieDeath of a Prisoner
2013
Director
movieThe Program
2012
Director
movieO'Say Can You See 2
2011
Director
movieO'Say Can You See 1
2011
Director
movieThe Oath
2010
Director
movieMy Country, My Country
2006
Director
movieFlag Wars
2003
Director
movieRenga
1989
Director
tvPoint of View
1988
Director
Production61
movieCover-Up
2025
Producer
movieFlood
2025
Executive Producer
movie5 Seasons of Revolution
2023
Executive Producer
movieHow to Have an American Baby
2023
Executive Producer
movieRelative
2022
Producer
movieLandfall
2020
Executive Producer
movieShooting the Mafia
2019
Executive Producer
movieCablestreet
2019
Executive Producer
movieXY Chelsea
2019
Executive Producer
movieThe Proposal
2019
Executive Producer
movieScenes from a Dry City
2019
Executive Producer
movieThe Trial
2019
Executive Producer
movieDays of Black and Yellow
2019
Executive Producer
movieGhosts of Sugar Land
2019
Executive Producer
movieLibre
2019
Executive Producer
movieEaster Snap
2019
Executive Producer
movieIn the Absence
2018
Executive Producer
movieCrooked Lines
2018
Executive Producer
movieLasting Marks
2018
Executive Producer
movieThe Panama Papers
2018
Executive Producer
movieHale County This Morning, This Evening
2018
Executive Producer
movieNuuca
2018
Executive Producer
movieDancing with Le Pen
2018
Executive Producer
movieDiscreet Airlift
2018
Executive Producer
movieAdversary
2018
Executive Producer
movieThe Earth is Humming
2018
Executive Producer
movieConcussion Protocol
2018
Producer
movieCrime + Punishment
2018
Executive Producer
movieOur New President
2018
Executive Producer
movieGraven Image
2017
Executive Producer
movieAmerican Carnage
2017
Executive Producer
moviePersonal Truth
2017
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movieA Night at the Garden
2017
Executive Producer
movieGavin Grimm vs.
2017
Executive Producer
movieNational Disintegrations
2017
Executive Producer
movieDuterte's Hell
2017
Executive Producer
movieConditioned Response
2017
Executive Producer
movieOur New President
2017
Executive Producer
moviePicket Line
2017
Executive Producer
movieRisk
2017
Producer
movieClowns
2017
Producer
movieThe Moderators
2017
Executive Producer
movieStrong Island
2017
Executive Producer
movieTrump's Lobby
2017
Executive Producer
movieRelatively Free
2016
Executive Producer
movieThe Vote
2016
Producer
movieThe Journey
2016
Executive Producer
movieLike
2016
Executive Producer
movieConcerned Student 1950
2016
Executive Producer
Speaking Is Difficult
2016
Executive Producer
movieCitizenfour
2014
Producer
Evaporating Borders
2014
Executive Producer
movieO'Say Can You See 1
2011
Producer
movieO'Say Can You See 2
2011
Producer
movieThe Oath
2010
Producer
movieMy Country, My Country
2006
Producer
movieFlag Wars
2003
Producer
tvPoint of View
1988
Producer
The Rashomon Effect
Executive Producer
Camera9
movieAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed
2022
Camera Operator
movieThe Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021
Director of Photography
movieRisk
2017
Director of Photography
movieDeath of a Prisoner
2013
Director of Photography
movieThe Program
2012
Director of Photography
movieO'Say Can You See 1
2011
Director of Photography
movieThe Oath
2010
Director of Photography
movieMy Country, My Country
2006
Director of Photography
tvPoint of View
1988
Director of Photography
Editing9
Acting8
movieRisk
2017
Self (voice)
movieMeeting Snowden
2017
Self - Journalist (archive footage)
movieAll Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
Self - Co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage)
Crew3
moviePRISM: Whistleblower
2013
Cinematography
movieFlag Wars
2003
Cinematography
Sound2
movieRisk
2017
Sound Recordist
movieFlag Wars
2003
Sound Recordist