Laura Poitras

American documentary film director and producer

February 2, 1964 (62 years old)

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Cover-Up

U.S. 2025. Documentary by Mark Obenhaus, Laura Poitras. Portrait of investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, Pulitzer Prize winner who covered the torture scandals committed by the US military during the Vietnam War and the Iraq War.

Runtime: 117 min.

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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

U.S. 2022. Documentary by Laura Poitras. After experiencing an oxycodone addiction, American photographer and activist Nan Goldin takes on the all-powerful Sackler family, who marketed the opioid.

Runtime: 113 min.

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Risk

All. 2016. Documentary by Laura Poitras. From the turn of the 2010s until the end of 2013, the director turns her camera on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and two of his top soldiers.

Runtime: 91 min.

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Citizenfour

U.S. 2014. Documentary by Laura Poitras. In June 2013 in Hong Kong, computer analyst Edward Snowden revealed to two journalists the NSA's illegal practices in monitoring citizens' communications.

Runtime: 114 min.

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The Oath

U.S. 2009. Documentary by Laura Poitras. The intersecting stories of Osama bin Laden

Runtime: 96 min.

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My Country, My Country

U.S. 2006. Documentary by Laura Poitras.

Runtime: 90 min.