They're Here
2026 · 7.2/10
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Laura Poitras
Director & actor · born 2 February 1964 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Where to start: Citizenfour (2014).
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Cover-Up
2025 · 7.2/10
Worth the Hype
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
2022 · 7.2/10
Worth the Hype
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · 6.4/10
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Terror Contagion
2021 · 7.0/10
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Deathtrap on the East River
2021
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Triple-Chaser
2019
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Risk
2017 · 6.6/10
Popcorn Flick
Project X
2016 · 6.3/10
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Citizenfour
2014 · 7.7/10
Worth the Hype
PRISM: Whistleblower
2013
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Death of a Prisoner
2013 · 4.0/10
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The Program
2012 · 9.0/10
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O'Say Can You See 2
2011
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O'Say Can You See 1
2011 · 5.0/10
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The Oath
2010 · 7.4/10
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My Country, My Country
2006 · 6.9/10
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Flag Wars
2003 · 4.5/10
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Renga
1989
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best Laura Poitras movie?
By viewer score, Citizenfour (2014) at 7.7/10.
What are Laura Poitras’s most popular movies?
Citizenfour, Citizenfour, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.
How many movies has Laura Poitras made?
24 films on TMDB, 19 as director, 5 as actor.