Directing
Laura Poitras
- Titles
- 73movies3TV shows
- Career
Active from 1988 to 2025, with a break from 1990 to 2002, busiest in 2021 with 3 main titles.
- Directed
- 19titles as director
- Average score
76/100
- Highest rated
Cover-Up86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Biographical6.1average 0.9
- Politics7.2average 2.6
- Contemporary Realism8.8average 5.2
- Social Commentary8.4average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism6.1average 3.3
- Tech & Humanity3.2average 1.6
- Crime5.1average 3.7
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Situational Comedy0.8, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy0.6, average 2.5
- Adrenaline3.3, average 5.1
- Romance2.0, average 3.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 3
- Contemporary Issues 3
- Political Intrigue 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Kirsten JohnsonCinematographerCitizenfour, Risk, The Oath, The Program- KKaty ScogginCinematographerCitizenfour, Risk, The Program
Julian AssangeActorCitizenfour, Risk- JJacob AppelbaumActorCitizenfour, Risk
Glenn GreenwaldActorCitizenfour, PRISM: Whistleblower
Edward SnowdenActorCitizenfour, PRISM: Whistleblower- EErez LauferEditorFlag Wars, My Country, My Country
- AAmy FooteEditorCover-Up, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Movies and TV shows
70Upcoming
1 title
The Rashomon Effect
Executive Producer
2020s
11 titles · average score 80
Flood (2026)
Executive Producer
My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile (2026)
Executive Producer
86
Cover-Up (2025)
Producer, Director
5 Seasons of Revolution (2023)
Executive Producer
How to Have an American Baby (2023)
Executive Producer
84
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
Director, Producer
86
Relative (2022)
Producer
64
The Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021)
Producer, Director
Terror Contagion (2021)
Director
Landfall (2020)
Executive Producer
2010s
55 titles · average score 75
83
The Panama Papers (2018)
Executive Producer
73
Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018)
Executive Producer
68
Risk (2017)
Director, Director of Photography
79
Strong Island (2017)
Executive Producer
63
A Night at the Garden (2017)
Executive Producer
Project X (2016)
Director
86
Citizenfour (2014)
Director, Producer
Death of a Prisoner (2013)
Editor, Director
The Program (2012)
Editor, Director
O'Say Can You See 1 (2011)
Director of Photography, Producer
81
The Oath (2010)
Producer, Director
2000s
2 titles · average score 71
80
My Country, My Country (2006)
Director of Photography, Director
62
Flag Wars (2003)
Director, Sound Recordist
1980s
1 title
Renga (1989)
Director