LAURA POITRAS
Laura Poitras
Gender: Female
Known for: Directing
Birthday: February 2, 1964
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Filmography
Starring
2017·
Meeting SnowdenSelf - Journalist (archive footage)
2017·
RiskSelf (voice)
Self - Co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage)
2014·
CitizenfourSelf
2008·
Capturing RealitySelf
1996·
The Daily ShowSelf
1951·
Deutscher FilmpreisSelf
Production
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Camera Operator, Producer, Director
2022·
RelativeProducer
Director
2021·
Terror ContagionDirector
Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
2020·
LandfallExecutive Producer
2019·
Shooting the MafiaExecutive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
2019·
Easter SnapExecutive Producer
2019·
CablestreetExecutive Producer
2019·
Ghosts of Sugar LandExecutive Producer
2019·
The TrialExecutive Producer
2019·
LibreExecutive Producer
2018·
Crooked LinesExecutive Producer
Executive Producer
2019·
The ProposalExecutive Producer
2019·
Triple-ChaserDirector
2019·
XY ChelseaExecutive Producer
2018·
Crime + PunishmentExecutive Producer, Executive Producer
2018·
Dancing with Le PenExecutive Producer
2018·
In the AbsenceExecutive Producer
2018·
Our New PresidentExecutive Producer
2018·
NuucaExecutive Producer
2018·
AdversaryExecutive Producer
2018·
The Earth is HummingExecutive Producer
2018·
The Panama PapersExecutive Producer
2018·
Concussion ProtocolProducer
Executive Producer
2018·
Discreet AirliftExecutive Producer
2018·
Lasting MarksExecutive Producer
2017·
Picket LineExecutive Producer
2017·
Gavin Grimm vs.Executive Producer
2017·
American CarnageExecutive Producer
2017·
Conditioned ResponseExecutive Producer
2017·
Duterte's HellExecutive Producer
2017·
Our New PresidentExecutive Producer
2017·
ClownsProducer
2017·
Personal TruthExecutive Producer
2017·
Trump's LobbyExecutive Producer
2017·
Graven ImageExecutive Producer
Executive Producer
2017·
The ModeratorsExecutive Producer
2017·
RiskProducer, Sound Recordist, Director of Photography, Editor, Director
2017·
Strong IslandExecutive Producer
Executive Producer
2016·
LikeExecutive Producer
2016·
Relatively FreeExecutive Producer
2016·
The VoteProducer
2016·
The JourneyExecutive Producer
Executive Producer
2016·
Project XDirector
Executive Producer
2014·
CitizenfourProducer, Director
2013·
Death of a PrisonerDirector of Photography, Editor, Director
2013·
PRISM: WhistleblowerCinematography, Director, Editor
2012·
The ProgramDirector of Photography, Director, Editor
2011·
O'Say Can You See 1Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
2011·
O'Say Can You See 2Director, Editor, Producer
2010·
The OathDirector of Photography, Producer, Director
Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Director
2003·
Flag WarsCinematography, Producer, Sound Recordist, Director
1989·
RengaDirector
1988·
POVDirector, Director of Photography, Producer