Laura Poitras

Career overview

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Task: Write a 180-260 word career overview of Laura Poitras (focusing on Directing).
Constraints:
Use ONLY verifiable facts from provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
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Synopsis:
Academy Award-winning American documentary film director and producer.
Resides in Berlin.
2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Citizenfour (about Edward Snowden).
My Country, My Country received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature in 2007.
Won 2013 George Polk Award for "national security reporting" related to NSA disclosures.
NSA reporting (Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill, and Barton Gellman) contributed to the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service awarded to The Guardian and The Washington Post.
2012 MacArthur Fellow.
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Known for: Directing.
Known credits: 79.
Gender: Female.
Birthday: February 2, 1964.
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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American director and producer of documentary films.
Born February 2, 1964.
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November 2020: Fired by First Look Media (according to Poitras) due to controversy regarding whistleblower Reality Winner.
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Parents: Patricia and James Poitras.
Parents donated $20 million in 2007 to establish The Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research at MIT.
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Producer, director, cinematographer.
Paragraph 1: Identity and Early Career/Background.
Laura Poitras is an American documentary film director, producer, and cinematographer born on February 2, 1964, in Boston, Massachusetts. She has 79 known credits and is recognized for her work in directing. Poitras is a 2012 MacArthur Fellow and currently resides in Berlin. Her parents, Patricia and James Poitras, donated 20 million dollars in 2007 to found The Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Paragraph 2: Major Works and Awards.
Her career includes significant recognition for documentary filmmaking. She won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Citizenfour, a film concerning Edward Snowden. Previously, her work My Country, My Country received a nomination in the same category in 2007. Poitras also won the 2013 George Polk Award for national security reporting regarding the NSA disclosures. This reporting, conducted alongside Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill, and Barton Gellman, contributed to the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service awarded to The Guardian and The Washington Post.
Paragraph 3: Recent Developments (if space permits).
In November 2020, Poitras stated she was dismissed by First Look Media following controversy related to the whistleblower Reality Winner.
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Laura Poitras is an American documentary film director, producer, and cinematographer born on February 2, 1964, in Boston, Massachusetts. She has 79 known