Portrait of Laura Poitras

Directing

Laura Poitras

Career

Active from 1988 to 2026, with a break from 1990 to 2002, busiest in 2021 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Citizenfour
Citizenfour
GoodWatch score86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Documentary Feature Film

    2015 · Won · 87th Academy Awards

    Citizenfour

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Documentary Feature Film

    2023 · Nominated · 95th Academy Awards

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Documentary Feature Film

    2007 · Nominated · 79th Academy Awards

    My Country, My Country

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Laura Poitras Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Romance
    1.8, average 3.8
  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.5, average 2.4
  • Wholesome
    1.6, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Contemporary Issues 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
The Rashomon Effect
The Rashomon Effect

Executive Producer

2020s

12 titles · average score 74
They're Here
They're Here (2026)

Editor, Director

My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile
My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile (2026)

Executive Producer

Flood
Flood (2026)

Executive Producer

Cover-Up
Cover-Up (2025)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Editor

How to Have an American Baby
How to Have an American Baby (2023)

Executive Producer

5 Seasons of Revolution
5 Seasons of Revolution (2023)

Executive Producer

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Producer

Relative
Relative (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

Producer

The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography, Director

Terror Contagion
Terror Contagion (2021)

Director

Deathtrap on the East River
Deathtrap on the East River (2021)

Director

Landfall
Landfall (2020)

Executive Producer

2010s

56 titles · average score 69
XY Chelsea
XY Chelsea (2019)
GoodWatch score 50

Executive Producer

Ghosts of Sugar Land
Ghosts of Sugar Land (2019)
GoodWatch score 77

Executive Producer

Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018)
GoodWatch score 73

Executive Producer

Risk
Risk (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

Editor, Sound Recordist

A Night at the Garden
A Night at the Garden (2017)
GoodWatch score 63

Executive Producer

Project X
Project X (2016)

Director

The Above
The Above (2015)
GoodWatch score 70

Executive Producer

Citizenfour
Citizenfour (2014)
GoodWatch score 86

Director, Producer

Death of a Prisoner
Death of a Prisoner (2013)

Director, Director of Photography

Keep the Lights On
Keep the Lights On (2012)
GoodWatch score 74

Thanks

O'Say Can You See 1
O'Say Can You See 1 (2011)

Editor, Director

The Oath
The Oath (2010)
GoodWatch score 60

Director of Photography, Producer

2000s

2 titles · average score 69
My Country, My Country
My Country, My Country (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

Producer, Director

Flag Wars
Flag Wars (2003)
GoodWatch score 62

Producer, Director

1980s

1 title
Renga
Renga (1989)

Director