- Directing films
- 7
- Directing avg
- 7.19
- Peak run
- 2010’25
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Directing films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
Laura by the numbers
Average
7.19
5 rated films
Vote weighted
7.24
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.43
rating spread
Career
20y
2006 to 2025
Total votes
1.83K
across every film
Best
7.7
Citizenfour
Worst
6.6
Risk
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 |  Cover-Up | 7.1 | 55 |
| 2022 |  All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | 7.1 | 176 |
| 2021 |  The Year of the Everlasting Storm | · | 13 |
| 2017 |  Risk | 6.6 | 80 |
| 2014 |  Citizenfour | 7.7 | 1,458 |
| 2010 |  The Oath | 7.4 | 26 |
| 2006 |  My Country, My Country | · | 20 |
Better together?
Laura Poitras's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Laura Poitras and Kirsten Johnson movies · Laura Poitras and Katy Scoggin movies
Takes
On Laura Poitras
3 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 2023Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov
- WonBest Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 2015Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
- NominatedBest Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 2007Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer