Directed credits
18
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Laura Poitras
Directing
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Directed movies: 18Directed series: 0All crew credits: 70
TMDB ID: 220691
IMDb ID: nm0688636
Known for: Directing
Born: February 2, 1964
Age: 62
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2026
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 6.7
Wikidata: Q6499321
Frequent jobs
Director (17)Director of Photography (1)Executive Producer (45)Producer (5)Editor (1)Thanks (1)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Laura Poitras.
Cover-Up
Director
2025 Movie
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Director
2022 Movie
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Director
2021 Movie
Terror Contagion
Director
2021 Movie
Deathtrap on the East River
Director
2021 Movie
Triple-Chaser
Director
2019 Movie
Risk
Director
2017 Movie
Project X
Director
2016 Movie
Citizenfour
Director
2014 Movie
PRISM: Whistleblower
Director
2013 Movie
Death of a Prisoner
Director
2013 Movie
The Program
Director
2012 Movie
O'Say Can You See 1
Director of Photography
2011 Movie
O'Say Can You See 2
Director
2011 Movie
The Oath
Director
2010 Movie
My Country, My Country
Director
2006 Movie
Flag Wars
Director
2003 Movie
Renga
Director
1989 Movie
Movies
Upcoming Movies
Next announced movie projects with Laura Poitras.
In 6 days
My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Laura Poitras.
Citizenfour
Director
2014 Movie
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Director
2022 Movie
Strong Island
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
Keep the Lights On
Thanks
2012 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Laura Poitras.
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Laura Poitras.
Cover-Up
Director
2025 Movie
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Director
2022 Movie
The Journey
Executive Producer
2016 Movie
Keep the Lights On
Thanks
2012 Movie
Citizenfour
Director
2014 Movie
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Self - Co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage)
2016 Movie
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Director
2021 Movie
In 6 days
My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
Crooked Lines
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
Capturing Reality
as Self
2008 Movie
The Panama Papers
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Laura Poitras.
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
POV
Producer • 1 eps
1988 Series
Код доступа
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Laura Poitras.
In 6 days
My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
They're Here
Editor
2026 Movie
Flood
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
5 Seasons of Revolution
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
How to Have an American Baby
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
Relative
Producer
2022 Movie
Landfall
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
Shooting the Mafia
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
Cablestreet
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
XY Chelsea
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
The Proposal
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
Scenes from a Dry City
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
The Trial
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
Days of Black and Yellow
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
Ghosts of Sugar Land
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
Easter Snap
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Laura Poitras.
POV
Producer • 1 eps
1988 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Laura Poitras.
Risk
as Self (voice)
2017 Movie
Meeting Snowden
as Self - Journalist (archive footage)
2017 Movie
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Self - Co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage)
2016 Movie
Citizenfour
as Self
2014 Movie
Capturing Reality
as Self
2008 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Laura Poitras.
Код доступа
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series