Laura Poitras

Born: 1964-02-02

Birthplace: 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.

Known For

Cover-Up
Crooked Lines
Picket Line
Relative
Keep the Lights On
Citizenfour
Flood
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
The Panama Papers
Clowns

Top Movie Credits

Cover-Up Editor
Crooked Lines Executive Producer
Picket Line Executive Producer
Relative Producer
Keep the Lights On Thanks
Citizenfour Producer
Flood Executive Producer
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Camera Operator
The Panama Papers Executive Producer
Clowns Producer