Laura Poitrasis an Academy Award-winning American documentary film director and producerresiding in Berlin. Poitras has received numerous awards for her work, including the 2014Academy Award for Best Documentary FeatureforCitizenfour, aboutEdward Snowden.whileMy Country, My Countryreceived a nomination in the same category in 2007.She won the 2013George Polk Awardfor "national security reporting" related to theNSA disclosures. The NSA reporting by Poitras,Glenn Greenwald,Ewen MacAskill, andBarton Gellmancontributed to the 2014Pulitzer Prize for Public Serviceawarded jointly toThe GuardianandThe Washington Post. She is a2012 MacArthur Fellow, and one of the initial supporters of theFreedom of the Press Foundation.