Laura Poitras

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documentary film documentary filmmaker film director film producer journalist person screenwriter

Laura Poitras is an American documentary filmmaker and journalist best known for her work on U.S. surveillance and national security, including the Oscar-winning film "Citizenfour" about Edward Snowden.

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Label	Occurrences
Laura Poitras canonical	21

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awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
director	Laura Poitras self-linksurface differs ⓘ Laura Poitras self-linksurface differs ⓘ Laura Poitras self-linksurface differs ⓘ Laura Poitras self-linksurface differs ⓘ Laura Poitras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
familyName	Poitras ⓘ
fieldOfWork	civil liberties ⓘ mass surveillance ⓘ national security ⓘ whistleblowing ⓘ
genre	investigative journalism ⓘ political documentary ⓘ
givenName	Laura ⓘ
knownFor	films about U.S. surveillance ⓘ films about national security ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
mainTheme	Iraq War ⓘ United States national security ⓘ Global War on Terrorism ⓘ surface form: War on terror mass surveillance ⓘ opioid crisis ⓘ
name	Laura Poitras self-link ⓘ
notableWork	All the Beauty and the Bloodshed ⓘ Citizenfour ⓘ My Country, My Country ⓘ Risk ⓘ The Oath ⓘ
occupation	documentary filmmaker ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ journalist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
producer	Laura Poitras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject	Edward Snowden ⓘ Julian Assange ⓘ Nan Goldin ⓘ

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Edward Snowden → disclosedTo → Laura Poitras ⓘ

Freedom of the Press Foundation → founder → Laura Poitras ⓘ

Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize → notableRecipient → Laura Poitras ⓘ

Citizenfour → director → Laura Poitras ⓘ

Citizenfour → producer → Laura Poitras ⓘ

Citizenfour → featuresCharacter → Laura Poitras ⓘ

Citizenfour → cinematographyBy → Laura Poitras ⓘ

2013 global surveillance disclosures → mediaPartner → Laura Poitras ⓘ

Laura Poitras → name → Laura Poitras self-link ⓘ