Laura Poitras
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Laura Poitras is an American director and producer of documentary films.
Poitras in 2023
Poitras at PopTech 2010 in Camden, Maine
Poitras introducing her film Citizenfour at the IFC Center in NYC on opening night
Snowden (film)
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Snowden is a 2016 biographical thriller film directed by Oliver Stone and written by Stone and Kieran Fitzgerald. Based on the books The Snowden Files by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatol
Laura Poitras
…Citizenfour won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature of 2014. Poitras is portrayed by actress Melissa Leo in the biographical drama film Snowden (2016), directed by Oliver Stone, and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Snowden. Poitras's solo exhibition, Astro Noise, opened at the Whitney Museum…
Theatrical release poster
Oliver Stone met Edward Snowden multiple times in Moscow and spent time researching what happened to him.
The cast and director of Snowden at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con to promote the film.