About

Known credits:
101
Birthday:
1964-02-02
Place of birth:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Website:
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Laura Poitras

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2017 Risk Actor Self (voice) 59
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2017 Meeting Snowden Actor Self - Journalist (archive footage) 59
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2016 All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone Actor Self, co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage) 59
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2014 Citizenfour Actor Self 72
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2008 Capturing Reality Actor Self 58
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Directing
2022 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Directing Director 62
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2021 Terror Contagion Directing Director 59
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2021 The Year of the Everlasting Storm Directing Director 59
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2021 Terror Contagion Directing Director N/A
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2021 Deathtrap on the East River Directing Director N/A
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2019 Triple-Chaser Directing Director N/A
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2017 Risk Directing Director 59
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2016 Project X Directing Director 59
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2014 Citizenfour Directing Director 72
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2013 PRISM: Whistleblower Directing Director N/A
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2013 Death of a Prisoner Directing Director 59
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2012 The Program Directing Director 59
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2011 O'Say Can You See 1 Directing Director 59
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2011 O'Say Can You See 2 Directing Director N/A
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2010 The Oath Directing Director 59
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2006 My Country, My Country Directing Director 59
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2003 Flag Wars Directing Director 58
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1989 Renga Directing Director N/A
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Production
2023 5 Seasons of Revolution Production Executive Producer 60
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2023 How to Have an American Baby Production Executive Producer N/A
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2022 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Production Producer 62
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2022 Relative Production Producer 58
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2021 The Year of the Everlasting Storm Production Producer 59
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2020 Landfall Production Executive Producer N/A
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2019 Shooting the Mafia Production Executive Producer 59
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2019 Cablestreet Production Executive Producer N/A
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2019 XY Chelsea Production Executive Producer 59
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2019 The Proposal Production Executive Producer 58
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2019 Scenes from a Dry City Production Executive Producer N/A
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2019 The Trial Production Executive Producer N/A
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2019 Days of Black and Yellow Production Executive Producer N/A
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2019 Ghosts of Sugar Land Production Executive Producer 58
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2019 Libre Production Executive Producer 59
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2019 Easter Snap Production Executive Producer 59
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2018 In the Absence Production Executive Producer 60
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2018 Crooked Lines Production Executive Producer N/A
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2018 Lasting Marks Production Executive Producer 59
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2018 The Panama Papers Production Executive Producer 59
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2018 Nuuca Production Executive Producer 59
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2018 Dancing with Le Pen Production Executive Producer 59
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2018 Discreet Airlift Production Executive Producer N/A
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2018 Adversary Production Executive Producer N/A
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2018 The Earth is Humming Production Executive Producer 59
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2018 Concussion Protocol Production Producer 59
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2018 Hale County This Morning, This Evening Production Executive Producer 58
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2018 Crime + Punishment Production Executive Producer 59
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2018 Our New President Production Executive Producer 59
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2017 Graven Image Production Executive Producer N/A
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2017 American Carnage Production Executive Producer N/A
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2017 Personal Truth Production Executive Producer N/A
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2017 A Night at the Garden Production Executive Producer 59
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2017 Gavin Grimm vs. Production Executive Producer 59
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2017 National Disintegrations Production Executive Producer N/A
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2017 Duterte's Hell Production Executive Producer 59
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2017 Conditioned Response Production Executive Producer 59
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2017 Our New President Production Executive Producer 59
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2017 Picket Line Production Executive Producer N/A
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2017 Risk Production Producer 59
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2017 Clowns Production Producer N/A
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2017 The Moderators Production Executive Producer 59
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2017 Strong Island Production Executive Producer 59
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2017 Trump's Lobby Production Executive Producer 59
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2016 Relatively Free Production Executive Producer 59
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2016 The Vote Production Producer N/A
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2016 The Journey Production Executive Producer N/A
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2016 Like Production Executive Producer 58
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2016 Concerned Student 1950 Production Executive Producer N/A
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2016 Speaking Is Difficult Production Executive Producer 58
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2014 Citizenfour Production Producer 72
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2011 O'Say Can You See 1 Production Producer 59
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2011 O'Say Can You See 2 Production Producer N/A
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2010 The Oath Production Producer 59
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2006 My Country, My Country Production Producer 59
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2003 Flag Wars Production Producer 58
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The Rashomon Effect Production Executive Producer N/A
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Sound
2017 Risk Sound Sound Recordist 59
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2003 Flag Wars Sound Sound Recordist 58
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Camera
2022 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Camera Camera Operator 62
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2021 The Year of the Everlasting Storm Camera Director of Photography 59
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2017 Risk Camera Director of Photography 59
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2013 Death of a Prisoner Camera Director of Photography 59
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2012 The Program Camera Director of Photography 59
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2011 O'Say Can You See 1 Camera Director of Photography 59
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2010 The Oath Camera Director of Photography 59
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2006 My Country, My Country Camera Director of Photography 59
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Crew
2013 PRISM: Whistleblower Crew Cinematography N/A
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2003 Flag Wars Crew Cinematography 58
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Editing
2021 The Year of the Everlasting Storm Editing Editor 59
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2017 Risk Editing Editor 59
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2013 PRISM: Whistleblower Editing Editor N/A
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2013 Death of a Prisoner Editing Editor 59
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2012 The Program Editing Editor 59
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2011 O'Say Can You See 1 Editing Editor 59
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2011 O'Say Can You See 2 Editing Editor N/A
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2006 My Country, My Country Editing Editor 59
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