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Poitras, Laura

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Personal name headingPoitras, Laura
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Associated placeNew York (N.Y.)
LocatedBerlin (Germany)
Birth date1964-02-02
Place of birthBoston (Mass.)
Field of activityMotion pictures--Production and direction Cinematography Journalism Online journalism College teaching Art
AffiliationNew School (New York, N.Y.) San Francisco Art Institute
Profession or occupationMotion picture directors Motion picture producers Journalists University and college faculty members Artists
Cinematographers
Found inFlag wars, c2003: title frame (Laura Poitras, producer)
Citizenfour, c2015: (produced, directed, filmed by Laura Poitras)
Wikipedia, October 15, 2015: (Laura Poitras is an American documentary film director and producer, born February 2, 1964, in Boston, Massachusetts; studied at San Francisco Art Institute; graduated from the New School for Public Engagement in New York, New York, 1996; now best known for being one of the initial three journalists to meet Edward Snowden in Hong Kong and receive copies of the leaked NSA documents; winner of Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature of 2014 for her film about Snowden, Citizenfour; resides in Berlin, Germany)
Praxisfilms.org, October 15, 2015: (Laura Poitras is a filmmaker, journalist, and artist; winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service; has taught filmmaking at Yale and Duke University; co-founder of the online publication The Intercept)
Associated languageeng