Laura Poitras
Directing · Producer · Director · Executive Producer
Born Feb 2, 1964 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Active 1988–present
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,…
Filmography
Citizenfour (2014) — Director · ProducerAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) — Director · Producer · Camera OperatorIn the Absence (2018) — Executive ProducerStrong Island (2017) — Executive ProducerRisk (2017) — Director · Editor · Producer · Director of Photography · Sound RecordistThe Panama Papers (2018) — Executive ProducerCover-Up (2025) — Director · Producer · EditorA Night at the Garden (2017) — Executive ProducerThe Oath (2010) — Director · Producer · Director of PhotographyHale County This Morning, This Evening (2018) — Executive ProducerShooting the Mafia (2019) — Executive ProducerHow to Have an American Baby (2023) — Executive ProducerMy Country, My Country (2006) — Director · Producer · Editor · Director of PhotographyGhosts of Sugar Land (2019) — Executive ProducerCrime + Punishment (2018) — Executive ProducerThe Moderators (2017) — Executive ProducerProject X (2016) — DirectorEvaporating Borders (2014) — Executive ProducerThe Program (2012) — Director · Editor · Director of PhotographyRelatively Free (2016) — Executive ProducerDancing with Le Pen (2018) — Executive ProducerPoint of View (1988) — Producer · Director of Photography · DirectorOur New President (2018) — Executive ProducerThe Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021) — Director · Producer · Director of Photography · Editor