---
title: 'Citizenfour (2014)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Laura Poitras'
released: '2014-10-10'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/citizenfour-2014'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4044364/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Citizenfour (2014)

2014 · 114 min · Documentary · Germany, United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Citizenfour is a 2014 documentary film directed by Laura Poitras, concerning Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal. The film had its US premiere on October 10, 2014, at the New York Film Festival and its UK premiere on October 17, 2014, at the BFI London Film Festival. The film features Snowden and Glenn Greenwald, and was co-produced by Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky, with Steven Soderbergh and others serving as executive producers. Citizenfour received critical acclaim upon release, and was the recipient of numerous accolades, including Best Documentary Feature at the 87th Academy Awards. This film is the third part to a 9/11 trilogy following My Country, My Country (2006) and The Oath (2010).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Laura Poitras](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-poitras)
- **Screenplay:** [Laura Poitras](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-poitras)
- **Producer:** [Laura Poitras](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-poitras), [Mathilde Bonnefoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathilde-bonnefoy), [Kirsten Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirsten-johnson), [Dirk Wilutzky](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-wilutzky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Laura Poitras](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-poitras), [Kirsten Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirsten-johnson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nine Inch Nails](https://cinepixo.com/people/nine-inch-nails)
- **Editor:** [Mathilde Bonnefoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathilde-bonnefoy)

## Cast

- [M. Margaret McKeown](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-margaret-mckeown)
- [H. Thomas Byron](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-thomas-byron)
- [Ewen MacAskill](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewen-macaskill)
- [Robert Tibbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-tibbo)
- [Ladar Levison](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladar-levison)
- [Roberto Kaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-kaz)
- [Laura Poitras](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-poitras)
- [Jacob Appelbaum](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacob-appelbaum)
- [William Edward Binney](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-edward-binney)
- [Marcel Rosenbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-rosenbach)
- [Carsten Gericke](https://cinepixo.com/people/carsten-gericke)
- [Harry Pregerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-pregerson)
- [Julian Assange](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-assange)
- [Glenn Greenwald](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenn-greenwald)
- [Paul Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-johnson)

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