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Laura Poitras

American documentary film director and producer (born 1964)

2.14body-of-work score · ranked #489 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
February 2, 1964 · Boston
Nationality
United States
Work
film producer, film director, journalist, camera operator
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Laura Poitras
Katy Scoggin · CC BY 3.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    2022 · United States · documentary, biography

    Venice Golden Lion winner 2022 · Film Comment year-end poll 2022 #6 · Criterion Collection spine #1210

    1.523 citations
  2. 2
    Citizenfour

    2014 · Germany / United States / United Kingdom · documentary

    Film Comment year-end poll 2014 #7

    0.331 citation
  3. 3
    Hale County This Morning, This Evening

    2018 · United States · documentary

    Film Comment year-end poll 2018 #10

    0.291 citation

Complete filmography

All 8 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.