Laura Poitras
Birth Name:
Laura Poitras
Profession
Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Sound department, Editor, Writer, Editorial department, Camera department
Fast Facts
- Co-founded the online journalism site "The Intercept" in 2014
- Graduated from the New School for Public Engagement in 1996
- Born to founders Patricia and James for the "Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research․"
- Has taught filmmaking at both Duke and Yale Universities
Awards
- 2003CDS Filmmaker AwardWinner
- 2003SXSW Competition Award - Documentary Feature:Winner
- 2004Truer Than Fiction AwardNominated
- 2004Emmy - Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form:Nominated
- 2006EDA Award - Best Documentary by or About Women:Nominated
- 2007Oscar - Best Documentary, Features:Nominated
- 2007Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2007Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form:Nominated
- 2010Amnesty AwardNominated
- 2010Golden Frog - Feature Documentary Films Competition:Nominated
- 2010Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2010IDA Award - Distinguished Feature Documentary:Nominated
- 2010Humanitas AwardWinner
- 2010Jury Prize - Best Documentary Feature:Winner
- 2010Grand Jury Prize - Documentary:Nominated
- 2010Cinematography Award - Documentary:Winner
- 2010True Vision Award - Documentary:Winner
- 2011Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction:Winner
- 2011Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Production:Nominated
- 2011Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:Nominated
- 2011Emmy - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2011Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form:Nominated
- 2012Asia Pacific Screen Award - Best Documentary Feature Film:Nominated
- 2014AFCA Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2014ACCA - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2014CPH:DOX AwardNominated
- 2014Politiken's Audience AwardNominated
- 2014Film Comment's Year-End Critics' Poll - Best Film:Nominated
- 2014Audience AwardNominated
- 2014Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2014ICP Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2014IDA Award - Best Feature:Winner
- 2014LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:Winner
- 2014Allan King Documentary AwardNominated
- 2014Courage in Filmmaking AwardWinner
- 2015Oscar - Best Documentary, Feature:Winner
- 2015EDA Award - Best Documentary Feature Film:Winner
- 2015EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Director:Nominated
- 2015EDA Female Focus Award - Female Icon of the Year:Winner
- 2015BAFTA Film Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Production:Winner
- 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction:Winner
- 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:Winner
- 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography:Nominated
- 2015Cinema Eye Audience Choice PrizeNominated
- 2015Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Award for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year:Nominated
- 2015DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary:Winner
- 2015Best International Film - The International Competition:Nominated
- 2015Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2015Film Award in Gold - Best Documentary (Bester Dokumentarfilm):Winner
- 2015Gold Derby Film Award - Documentary Feature:Winner
- 2015HRIFF Award - Best Documentary Film:Winner
- 2015INOCA - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2015Audience Award - Documentary:Nominated
- 2015Filmmakers Who Make a Difference AwardWinner
- 2015Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming:Nominated
- 2015Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming:Nominated
- 2015Primetime Emmy - Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking:Winner
- 2015Outstanding Director of the Year AwardWinner
- 2015Seattle Film Critics Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2016Golden EyeNominated
- 2016Humanitas Prize - Documentaries - Special Awards Category:Nominated
- 2016Emmy - Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form:Nominated
- 2017Grand Jury AwardNominated
- 2018Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Production:Nominated
- 2019Emmy - Outstanding Social Issue Documentary:Winner
- 2021Golden EyeNominated
- 2022Golden Athena - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2022Grierson Award - Documentary Film:Nominated
- 2022Documentaire ExtraordinaireNominated
- 2022British Independent Film Award - Best International Independent Film:Nominated
- 2022Critics' Choice Documentary Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2022Film Comment's Year-End Critics' Poll - Best Film:Nominated
- 2022Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2022IDA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2022IDA Award - Best Feature Documentary:Nominated
- 2022Best Film Award - Out of Competition:Nominated
- 2022Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary FeatureWinner
- 2022Bronze Horse - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2022Queer Lion AwardNominated
- 2022Golden Lion - Best Film:Winner
- 2022Smithers Foundation Award - Ambassador of Hope:Winner
- 2022Big Stamp - International Competition:Nominated
- 2023Oscar - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2023EDA Award - Best Documentary Feature Film:Winner
- 2023Audience Award - Docs:Nominated
- 2023Audience Award - Best Film - Documentary:Winner
- 2023BAFTA Film Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2023Windie - Best Documentary Film:Nominated
- 2023CineDocs PrizeNominated
- 2023Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:Nominated
- 2023Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction:Winner
- 2023Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year:Nominated
- 2023DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary:Nominated
- 2023Merlinka Queer Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2023Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2023Girls on Film Award - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2023Gold Derby Film Award - Documentary Feature:Winner
- 2023ICS Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2023LEJA Award - Best Documentary Film:Nominated
- 2023NDFS Award - Best Documentary Feature:Winner
- 2023SFCS Award - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2023The Best Film - June:Winner
- 2023Big Stamp - International Competition:Nominated
- 2025Golden Athena - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2025Maysles Brothers Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2025Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict and Resolution - Best Film:Nominated
- 2025IDA Award - Honorable Mention - Feature Documentaries:Winner
- 2025IDA Award - Best Production:Nominated
- 2025Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary FeatureNominated
- 2025David Carr Award for Truth in Non-Fiction FilmmakingWinner
- 2025Bronze Horse - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2026BAFTA Film Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2026BFE Cut Above Award - Best Edited Single Documentary or Non-Fiction Programme:Nominated
- 2026Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Editing:Nominated
- 2026Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction:Nominated
- 2026Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:Nominated
- 2026DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Film:Nominated
- 2026Girls on Film Award - Best Editing sponsored by Disauthority:Nominated
- 2026News and Documentary Emmy - Outstanding Editing: Documentary:Winner
- 2026NDFS Award - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2026OFTA Film Award - Best Documentary Feature Film:Nominated
- 2026PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures:Nominated