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.
Directed 20
2020s
- 2026
They're Here
Director
- 2025
- 2022
- 2021
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Director
Terror Contagion
Director
Deathtrap on the East River
Director
2010s
- 2019
Triple-Chaser
Director
- 2017
Risk
Director
- 2016
Project X
Director
- 2014
- 2013
PRISM: Whistleblower
Director
Death of a Prisoner
Director
- 2012
The Program
Director
- 2011
O'Say Can You See 2
Director
O'Say Can You See 1
Director
- 2010
The Oath
Director
2000s
- 2006
My Country, My Country
Director
- 2003
Flag Wars
Director
1980s
- 1989
Renga
Director
- 1988
Produced 61
2020s
- 2026
My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile
Executive Producer
They're Here
Producer
Flood
Executive Producer
- 2025
- 2023
5 Seasons of Revolution
Executive Producer
How to Have an American Baby
Executive Producer
- 2022
- 2021
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Producer
- 2020
Landfall
Executive Producer
2010s
- 2019
Cablestreet
Executive Producer
XY Chelsea
Executive Producer
The Proposal
Executive Producer
Scenes from a Dry City
Executive Producer
The Trial
Executive Producer
Days of Black and Yellow
Executive Producer
Libre
Executive Producer
Easter Snap
Executive Producer
- 2018
In the Absence
Executive Producer
Crooked Lines
Executive Producer
Lasting Marks
Executive Producer
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Executive Producer
Nuuca
Executive Producer
Dancing with Le Pen
Executive Producer
Discreet Airlift
Executive Producer
Adversary
Executive Producer
The Earth is Humming
Executive Producer
Concussion Protocol
Producer
Our New President
Executive Producer
- 2017
Graven Image
Executive Producer
American Carnage
Executive Producer
Personal Truth
Executive Producer
A Night at the Garden
Executive Producer
Gavin Grimm vs.
Executive Producer
National Disintegrations
Executive Producer
Duterte's Hell
Executive Producer
Conditioned Response
Executive Producer
Our New President
Executive Producer
Picket Line
Executive Producer
Risk
Producer
The Moderators
Executive Producer
Trump's Lobby
Executive Producer
- 2016
Relatively Free
Executive Producer
The Vote
Producer
The Journey
Executive Producer
Like
Executive Producer
Concerned Student 1950
Executive Producer
- 2015
The Above
Executive Producer
- 2014
- 2011
O'Say Can You See 1
Producer
O'Say Can You See 2
Producer
- 2010
The Oath
Producer
2000s
- 2006
My Country, My Country
Producer
- 2003
Flag Wars
Producer
1980s
- 1988
Edited 10
2020s
- 2026
They're Here
Editor
- 2025
- 2021
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Editor
2010s
- 2017
Risk
Editor
- 2013
PRISM: Whistleblower
Editor
Death of a Prisoner
Editor
- 2012
The Program
Editor
- 2011
O'Say Can You See 1
Editor
O'Say Can You See 2
Editor
2000s
- 2006
My Country, My Country
Editor
Camera 9
2020s
- 2022
- 2021
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Director of Photography
2010s
- 2017
Risk
Director of Photography
- 2013
Death of a Prisoner
Director of Photography
- 2012
The Program
Director of Photography
- 2011
O'Say Can You See 1
Director of Photography
- 2010
The Oath
Director of Photography
2000s
- 2006
My Country, My Country
Director of Photography
1980s
- 1988
Other crew 2
2010s
- 2013
PRISM: Whistleblower
Cinematography
2000s
- 2003
Flag Wars
Cinematography
Sound 2
2010s
- 2017
Risk
Sound Recordist
2000s
- 2003
Flag Wars
Sound Recordist
Wrote 1
2010s
- 2014
Appearances7
2010s
- 2017
Код доступа
Self · 1 episode
Risk
Self (voice)
Meeting Snowden
Self - Journalist (archive footage)
- 2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Self - Co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage)
- 2014
2000s
- 2008
Capturing Reality
Self
1990s
- 1996
Thanked in the credits1
2010s
- 2012
