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Laura Poitras is an American director and producer of documentary films. She lives in New York City.
Born
Sunday, 02 February 1964
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Panama Papers | Herself | 2018 |
| Risk | Self / Self (voice) | 2017 |
| Meeting Snowden | Self - Journalist (archive footage) | 2017 |
| All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone | Self - co-founder, The Intercept / Self, co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage) | 2016 |
| The Oscars | Self - Winner | 2015 |
| Citizenfour | Self | 2014 |
| Moving Pictures Live! | Self | 2009 |
| Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary | Self | 2008 |
| Doc Talk | Self | 2006 |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | Self - Guest | 2003 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Panama Papers | Herself | 2018 |
| Risk | Self / Self (voice) | 2017 |
| Meeting Snowden | Self - Journalist (archive footage) | 2017 |
| All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone | Self - co-founder, The Intercept / Self, co-founder, The Intercept (archive footage) | 2016 |
| The Oscars | Self - Winner | 2015 |
| Citizenfour | Self | 2014 |
| Moving Pictures Live! | Self | 2009 |
| Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary | Self | 2008 |
| Doc Talk | Self | 2006 |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | Self - Guest | 2003 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | 2022 |
| The Year of the Everlasting Storm | 2021 |
| Terror Contagion | 2021 |
| Risk | 2017 |
| Project X | 2016 |
| Citizenfour | 2014 |
| The Program | 2012 |
| O'Say Can You See | 2011 |
| The Oath | 2010 |
| My Country, My Country | 2006 |
| Flag Wars | 2003 |
| P.O.V. | 1988 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| 5 Seasons of Revolution | 2023 |
| All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | 2022 |
| Relative | 2022 |
| The Earth is Humming | 2021 |
| The Year of the Everlasting Storm | 2021 |
| Terror Contagion | 2021 |
| Landfall | 2020 |
| Ghosts of Sugar Land | 2019 |
| The Proposal | 2019 |
| XY Chelsea | 2019 |
| Shooting the Mafia | 2019 |
| The Art of Making Money | 2019 |
| The Panama Papers | 2018 |
| Crime + Punishment | 2018 |
| Hale County This Morning, This Evening | 2018 |
| Our New President | 2018 |
| A Night at the Garden | 2017 |
| Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press | 2017 |
| Risk | 2017 |
| Strong Island | 2017 |
| The Moderators | 2017 |
| Trump's Lobby | 2017 |
| Relatively Free | 2016 |
| They Took Them Alive | 2016 |
| The Disclosure President | 2016 |
| Concerned Student 1950 | 2016 |
| Field of Vision | 2015 |
| God Is an Artist | 2015 |
| The Above | 2015 |
| Citizenfour | 2014 |
| The Engineer | 2014 |
| 1971 | 2014 |
| Evaporating Borders | 2014 |
| The Law in These Parts | 2011 |
| O'Say Can You See | 2011 |
| The Oath | 2010 |
| My Country, My Country | 2006 |
| Flag Wars | 2003 |
| Independent Lens | 1999 |
| Free Tibet | 1998 |
| P.O.V. | 1988 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2023 | Oscar | Best Documentary Feature | Nominated |
| 2015 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Feature | Won |
| 2015 | Emmy | Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking | Won |
| 2015 | Emmy | Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming | Nominated |
| 2015 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming | Nominated |
| 2007 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Nominated |
