Laura Poitras

Laura Poitras

Birthdate
February 2, 1964 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Directing

Details

Birthdate
February 2, 1964 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Directing

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.

Laura Poitras's LGBTQ+ Titles

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Camera Operator
Strong Island
Strong Island
Executive Producer

Acting (7)

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
1996
The Daily Show as Self (1 episode)
1951
Deutscher Filmpreis as Self (1 episode)

Directing (18)

2022
• Director
2021
The Year of the Everlasting Storm • Director
• Director
2021
Terror Contagion • Director
• Director
2021
Deathtrap on the East River • Director
• Director
2019
Triple-Chaser • Director
• Director
2017
Risk • Director
• Director
2016
Project X • Director
• Director
2014
Citizenfour • Director
• Director
2013
PRISM: Whistleblower • Director
• Director
2013
Death of a Prisoner • Director
• Director
2012
The Program • Director
• Director
2011
O'Say Can You See 1 • Director
• Director
2011
O'Say Can You See 2 • Director
• Director
2010
The Oath • Director
• Director
2006
My Country, My Country • Director
• Director
2003
Flag Wars • Director
• Director
1989
Renga • Director
• Director
1988
POV • Director (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)

Production (58)

The Rashomon Effect • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2023
5 Seasons of Revolution • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2023
How to Have an American Baby • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2022
• Producer
2022
Relative • Producer
• Producer
2021
The Year of the Everlasting Storm • Producer
• Producer
2020
Landfall • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2019
Shooting the Mafia • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2019
Cablestreet • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2019
XY Chelsea • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2019
The Proposal • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2019
Scenes from a Dry City • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2019
The Trial • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2019
Days of Black and Yellow • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2019
Ghosts of Sugar Land • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2019
Easter Snap • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2019
Libre • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
In the Absence • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
Crooked Lines • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
Lasting Marks • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
The Panama Papers • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
Hale County This Morning, This Evening • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
Nuuca • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
Dancing with Le Pen • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
Discreet Airlift • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
Adversary • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
The Earth is Humming • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
Concussion Protocol • Producer
• Producer
2018
Crime + Punishment • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
Our New President • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
Graven Image • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
American Carnage • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
Personal Truth • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
A Night at the Garden • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
Gavin Grimm vs. • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
National Disintegrations • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
Duterte's Hell • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
Conditioned Response • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
Our New President • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
Picket Line • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
Risk • Producer
• Producer
2017
Clowns • Producer
• Producer
2017
The Moderators • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
Strong Island • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
Trump's Lobby • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
Relatively Free • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
The Vote • Producer
• Producer
2016
The Journey • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
Like • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
Concerned Student 1950 • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
Speaking Is Difficult • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2014
Citizenfour • Producer
• Producer
2011
O'Say Can You See 1 • Producer
• Producer
2011
O'Say Can You See 2 • Producer
• Producer
2010
The Oath • Producer
• Producer
2006
My Country, My Country • Producer
• Producer
2003
Flag Wars • Producer
• Producer
1988
POV • Producer (1 episode)
• Producer (1 episode)

Editing (8)

2021
The Year of the Everlasting Storm • Editor
• Editor
2017
Risk • Editor
• Editor
2013
PRISM: Whistleblower • Editor
• Editor
2013
Death of a Prisoner • Editor
• Editor
2012
The Program • Editor
• Editor
2011
O'Say Can You See 1 • Editor
• Editor
2011
O'Say Can You See 2 • Editor
• Editor
2006
My Country, My Country • Editor
• Editor

Sound (2)

2017
Risk • Sound Recordist
• Sound Recordist
2003
Flag Wars • Sound Recordist
• Sound Recordist

Camera (9)

2022
• Camera Operator
2021
The Year of the Everlasting Storm • Director of Photography
• Director of Photography
2017
Risk • Director of Photography
• Director of Photography
2013
Death of a Prisoner • Director of Photography
• Director of Photography
2012
The Program • Director of Photography
• Director of Photography
2011
O'Say Can You See 1 • Director of Photography
• Director of Photography
2010
The Oath • Director of Photography
• Director of Photography
2006
My Country, My Country • Director of Photography
• Director of Photography
1988
POV • Director of Photography (1 episode)
• Director of Photography (1 episode)

Crew (2)

2013
PRISM: Whistleblower • Cinematography
• Cinematography
2003
Flag Wars • Cinematography
• Cinematography