Laura Poitras

Laura Poitras

Directing
Born 1964-02-02 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 77 credits Academy Awards 1 Marion Dönhoff Award 1 Golden Lion 1 Carl von Ossietzky Medal 1 Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize 1

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won · 2 nominated

Marion Dönhoff Award 1 won

  • — Marion Dönhoff Award Won

Golden Lion 1 won

Carl von Ossietzky Medal 1 won

  • 2014 Carl von Ossietzky Medal Won

Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize 1 won

  • 2014 Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize Won

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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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Filmography — top 60 of 77
Directing 14 credits
Point of View
Point of View
1988 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Cover-Up
Cover-Up
2025 · 73% · Director, Producer, Editor
Citizenfour
Citizenfour
2014 · 79% · Director, Producer, Self
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
2022 · 76% · Director, Producer, Camera Operator
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Project X
Project X
2016 · Director
Flag Wars
Flag Wars
2003 · Director, Producer, Sound Recordist
Risk
Risk
2017 · 63% · Director, Producer, Self (voice)
They're Here
They're Here
2026 · Director, Producer, Editor
The Oath
The Oath
2010 · 75% · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Triple-Chaser
Triple-Chaser
2019 · Director
O'Say Can You See 1
O'Say Can You See 1
2011 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Terror Contagion
Terror Contagion
2021 · Director
The Program
The Program
2012 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Producing 49 credits
Point of View
Point of View
1988 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Cover-Up
Cover-Up
2025 · 73% · Director, Producer, Editor
Citizenfour
Citizenfour
2014 · 79% · Director, Producer, Self
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
2022 · 76% · Director, Producer, Camera Operator
The Panama Papers
The Panama Papers
2018 · 73% · Executive Producer
Flood
Flood
2026 · Executive Producer
Crooked Lines
Crooked Lines
2018 · Executive Producer
Clowns
Clowns
2017 · Producer
Relative
Relative
2022 · 69% · Producer
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Flag Wars
Flag Wars
2003 · Director, Producer, Sound Recordist
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
2018 · 64% · Executive Producer
XY Chelsea
XY Chelsea
2019 · 59% · Executive Producer
In the Absence
In the Absence
2018 · Executive Producer
Risk
Risk
2017 · 63% · Director, Producer, Self (voice)
Picket Line
Picket Line
2017 · Executive Producer
Shooting the Mafia
Shooting the Mafia
2019 · 64% · Executive Producer
A Night at the Garden
A Night at the Garden
2017 · ★ 6.3 · Executive Producer
Strong Island
Strong Island
2017 · 66% · Executive Producer
Conditioned Response
Conditioned Response
2017 · Executive Producer
Like
Like
2016 · Executive Producer
Libre
Libre
2019 · Executive Producer
Dancing with Le Pen
Dancing with Le Pen
2018 · Executive Producer
They're Here
They're Here
2026 · Director, Producer, Editor
The Oath
The Oath
2010 · 75% · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Ghosts of Sugar Land
Ghosts of Sugar Land
2019 · 62% · Executive Producer
Graven Image
Graven Image
2017 · Executive Producer
Easter Snap
Easter Snap
2019 · Executive Producer
The Earth is Humming
The Earth is Humming
2018 · Executive Producer
American Carnage
American Carnage
2017 · Executive Producer
The Rashomon Effect
The Rashomon Effect
· Executive Producer
Our New President
Our New President
2018 · Executive Producer
5 Seasons of Revolution
5 Seasons of Revolution
2023 · Executive Producer
Relatively Free
Relatively Free
2016 · Executive Producer
Landfall
Landfall
2020 · Executive Producer
Concerned Student 1950
Concerned Student 1950
2016 · Executive Producer
Crime + Punishment
Crime + Punishment
2018 · Executive Producer
The Journey
The Journey
2016 · Executive Producer
National Disintegrations
National Disintegrations
2017 · Executive Producer
Cablestreet
Cablestreet
2019 · Executive Producer
Days of Black and Yellow
Days of Black and Yellow
2019 · Executive Producer
Our New President
Our New President
2017 · Executive Producer
O'Say Can You See 1
O'Say Can You See 1
2011 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Gavin Grimm vs.
Gavin Grimm vs.
2017 · Executive Producer
Nuuca
Nuuca
2018 · Executive Producer
The Moderators
The Moderators
2017 · Executive Producer
Personal Truth
Personal Truth
2017 · Executive Producer
Trump's Lobby
Trump's Lobby
2017 · Executive Producer
Adversary
Adversary
2018 · Executive Producer
Acting 10 credits
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
1996 · 76% · Self
German Film Award
German Film Award
1951 · Self
Citizenfour
Citizenfour
2014 · 79% · Director, Producer, Self
Код доступа
Код доступа
2017 · Self
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
2022 · 76% · Director, Producer, Camera Operator
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016 · Self - Co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage)
Flag Wars
Flag Wars
2003 · Director, Producer, Sound Recordist
Risk
Risk
2017 · 63% · Director, Producer, Self (voice)
Capturing Reality
Capturing Reality
2008 · Self
Meeting Snowden
Meeting Snowden
2017 · Self - Journalist (archive footage)
Other credits 9 credits
Point of View
Point of View
1988 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Cover-Up
Cover-Up
2025 · 73% · Director, Producer, Editor
Keep the Lights On
Keep the Lights On
2012 · 65% · Thanks
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Risk
Risk
2017 · 63% · Director, Producer, Self (voice)
They're Here
They're Here
2026 · Director, Producer, Editor
The Oath
The Oath
2010 · 75% · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
O'Say Can You See 1
O'Say Can You See 1
2011 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
The Program
The Program
2012 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography
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