Laura Poitras

Laura Poitras

Born 02/03/1964 (60 years old)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Laura Poitras is a filmmaker, journalist and artist. Citizenfour, the third part of her post-9/11 trilogy, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Astro Noise, her first solo exhibition was recently shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, featuring immersive installations and new work. Her reporting on NSA mass surveillance based on Edward Snowden's disclosures shared in a 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

Festival de Cannes

Director

Camerawoman

Producer

Sound designer

Documentaries
2016

Risk

2014

Citizenfour

2009

Convention

2003

Flag Wars

1988

P.O.V. (series)

Actress

Documentaries
2016

Risk

2014

Citizenfour

 

Frontline (series) - a.f.

 

United States of Secrets (Part One): The Program - a.f. (S32E09)

2008

Capturing Reality

Editor

Movies
2021

The Year of the Everlasting Storm

Documentaries
2021

Terror Contagion

2016

Risk

2013

Death of a Prisoner

2012

The Program

1988

P.O.V. (series)

Shows
2012

The World Tomorrow

Short
2011

O'Say Can You See

Screenwriter

Documentaries
2006

My Country, My Country

Guest