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.

Most Famous Work

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POV

(1988) Director of Photography

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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

(2022) Producer

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Citizenfour

(2014) Producer

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Risk

(2017) Sound Recordist

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Strong Island

(2017) Executive Producer

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The Panama Papers

(2018) Executive Producer

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Shooting the Mafia

(2019) Executive Producer

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Project X

(2016) Director

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2017	Self (voice)	Risk 2017-05-05 Movie
	Self - Journalist (archive footage)	Meeting Snowden 2017-04-19 Movie
2016	Self, co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage)	All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone 2016-11-04 Movie
2014	Self	Citizenfour 2014-10-10 Movie
2008	Self	Capturing Reality 2008-11-01 Movie
1996	Self	The Daily Show 1996-07-22 TV Show
1951	Self	Deutscher Filmpreis 1951-01-01 TV Show
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Executive Producer	5 Seasons of Revolution 2023-10-19 Movie
	Executive Producer	How to Have an American Baby 2023-03-02 Movie
2022	Producer	All the Beauty and the Bloodshed 2022-11-23 Movie
	Producer	Relative 2022-04-28 Movie
2021	Producer	The Year of the Everlasting Storm 2021-09-03 Movie
2020	Executive Producer	Landfall 2020-04-15 Movie
2019	Executive Producer	Shooting the Mafia 2019-11-22 Movie
	Executive Producer	Cablestreet 2019-06-03 Movie
	Executive Producer	XY Chelsea 2019-05-24 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Proposal 2019-05-24 Movie
	Executive Producer	Scenes from a Dry City 2019-04-06 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Trial 2019-02-25 Movie
	Executive Producer	Days of Black and Yellow 2019-02-21 Movie
	Executive Producer	Ghosts of Sugar Land 2019-01-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	Libre 2019-01-25 Movie
	Executive Producer	Easter Snap 2019-01-25 Movie
2018	Executive Producer	In the Absence 2018-11-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	Crooked Lines 2018-10-31 Movie
	Executive Producer	Lasting Marks 2018-10-12 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Panama Papers 2018-10-06 Movie
	Executive Producer	Nuuca 2018-07-02 Movie
	Executive Producer	Dancing with Le Pen 2018-06-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	Discreet Airlift 2018-06-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	Adversary 2018-03-19 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Earth is Humming 2018-03-01 Movie
	Producer	Concussion Protocol 2018-02-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	Hale County This Morning, This Evening 2018-01-19 Movie
	Executive Producer	Crime + Punishment 2018-01-19 Movie
	Executive Producer	Our New President 2018-01-18 Movie
2017	Executive Producer	Graven Image 2017-12-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	American Carnage 2017-11-27 Movie
	Executive Producer	Personal Truth 2017-11-01 Movie
	Executive Producer	A Night at the Garden 2017-09-24 Movie
	Executive Producer	Gavin Grimm vs. 2017-09-21 Movie
	Executive Producer	National Disintegrations 2017-08-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	Duterte's Hell 2017-07-31 Movie
	Executive Producer	Conditioned Response 2017-06-29 Movie
	Executive Producer	Our New President 2017-06-26 Movie
	Executive Producer	Picket Line 2017-05-25 Movie
	Producer	Risk 2017-05-05 Movie
	Producer	Clowns 2017-04-13 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Moderators 2017-03-12 Movie
	Executive Producer	Strong Island 2017-01-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	Trump's Lobby 2017-01-20 Movie
2016	Executive Producer	Relatively Free 2016-12-21 Movie
	Producer	The Vote 2016-10-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Journey 2016-09-20 Movie
	Executive Producer	Like 2016-03-12 Movie
	Executive Producer	Concerned Student 1950 2016-03-05 Movie
	Executive Producer	Speaking Is Difficult 2016-01-21 Movie
2014	Producer	Citizenfour 2014-10-10 Movie
2011	Producer	O'Say Can You See 1 2011-01-01 Movie
	Producer	O'Say Can You See 2 2011-01-01 Movie
2010	Producer	The Oath 2010-05-09 Movie
2006	Producer	My Country, My Country 2006-08-06 Movie
2003	Producer	Flag Wars 2003-05-01 Movie
1988	Producer	POV 1988-07-05 TV Show
	Executive Producer	The Rashomon Effect Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2022	Camera Operator	All the Beauty and the Bloodshed 2022-11-23 Movie
2021	Director of Photography	The Year of the Everlasting Storm 2021-09-03 Movie
2017	Director of Photography	Risk 2017-05-05 Movie
2013	Director of Photography	Death of a Prisoner 2013-01-10 Movie
2012	Director of Photography	The Program 2012-08-22 Movie
2011	Director of Photography	O'Say Can You See 1 2011-01-01 Movie
2010	Director of Photography	The Oath 2010-05-09 Movie
2006	Director of Photography	My Country, My Country 2006-08-06 Movie
1988	Director of Photography	POV 1988-07-05 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2022	Director	All the Beauty and the Bloodshed 2022-11-23 Movie
2021	Director	The Year of the Everlasting Storm 2021-09-03 Movie
	Director	Terror Contagion 2021-09-03 Movie
	Director	Deathtrap on the East River 2021-05-28 Movie
2019	Director	Triple-Chaser 2019-05-17 Movie
2017	Director	Risk 2017-05-05 Movie
2016	Director	Project X 2016-11-18 Movie
2014	Director	Citizenfour 2014-10-10 Movie
2013	Director	PRISM: Whistleblower 2013-06-09 Movie
	Director	Death of a Prisoner 2013-01-10 Movie
2012	Director	The Program 2012-08-22 Movie
2011	Director	O'Say Can You See 1 2011-01-01 Movie
	Director	O'Say Can You See 2 2011-01-01 Movie
2010	Director	The Oath 2010-05-09 Movie
2006	Director	My Country, My Country 2006-08-06 Movie
2003	Co-Director	Flag Wars 2003-05-01 Movie
1989	Director	Renga 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Director	POV 1988-07-05 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2021	Editor	The Year of the Everlasting Storm 2021-09-03 Movie
2017	Editor	Risk 2017-05-05 Movie
2013	Editor	PRISM: Whistleblower 2013-06-09 Movie
	Editor	Death of a Prisoner 2013-01-10 Movie
2012	Editor	The Program 2012-08-22 Movie
2011	Editor	O'Say Can You See 1 2011-01-01 Movie
	Editor	O'Say Can You See 2 2011-01-01 Movie
2006	Editor	My Country, My Country 2006-08-06 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2017	Sound Recordist	Risk 2017-05-05 Movie
2003	Sound Recordist	Flag Wars 2003-05-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2013	Cinematography	PRISM: Whistleblower 2013-06-09 Movie
2003	Cinematography	Flag Wars 2003-05-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv