FILM DIRECTOR

Laura Poitras

1964 - Today

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Laura Poitras (; born February 2, 1964) is an American director and producer of documentary films. Poitras has received numerous awards for her work, including the 2015 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 Gellman contributed to the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service awarded jointly to The Guardian and The Washington Post. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Laura Poitras is the 1,385th most popular film director (down from 1,223rd in 2024), the 10,015th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,086th in 2019) and the 371st most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Laura Poitras ranks 1,385 out of 2,041. Before her are Owen Roizman, Marco Tullio Giordana, Benoît Lamy, Egon Günther, Felix Sobolev, and Justin Lin. After her are Richard Rush, Guillermo Navarro, Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Zoltan Korda, Joe Roth, and Juan José Campanella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Laura Poitras ranks 384. Before her are Cedric the Entertainer, Craig Bierko, Yoshua Bengio, Sylvie Goulard, Pernell Whitaker, and Herbert Fandel. After her are Dieter Eilts, Pavel Ploc, Joseph Tsai, Astrid Carolina Herrera, Jakob Hlasek, and Noémie Lvovsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laura Poitras ranks 10,017 out of 20,380. Before her are Timothy Weah (2000), Jackie McLean (1931), The Fabulous Moolah (1923), David Raksin (1912), Edgar Kennedy (1890), and David S. Goyer (1965). After her are Brian Grazer (1951), Conrad Aiken (1889), Harry Warren (1893), Ben Feldman (1980), Richard Rush (1929), and Charlotte Mineau (1886).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Laura Poitras ranks 371. Before her are Lewis Teague (1938), Charles Reisner (1887), Dudley Nichols (1895), Adam McKay (1968), Clifford Odets (1906), and Owen Roizman (1936). After her are Richard Rush (1929), Joe Roth (1948), Bennett Miller (1966), Alexander Hall (1894), Joseph Ruben (1950), and Frank Tashlin (1913).

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