---
title: 'Snowden (2016)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Oliver Stone'
released: '2016-09-09'
runtime_minutes: 134
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'History'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/snowden-2016'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3774114/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Snowden (2016)

2016 · R · 134 min · Drama, Action, History, Thriller · Germany, France, United States


## Synopsis

Snowden is a 2016 biographical thriller film directed by Oliver Stone and written by Stone and Kieran Fitzgerald. Based on the books The Snowden Files (2014) by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus (2015) by Anatoly Kucherena, the film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) subcontractor and whistleblower who copied and leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) beginning in 2013. In addition to Gordon-Levitt, the film features an ensemble cast including Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Scott Eastwood, Logan Marshall-Green, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schnetzer, LaKeith Lee Stanfield, Rhys Ifans and Nicolas Cage. An international co-production of Germany, France, and the United States, principal photography began on February 16, 2015, in Munich.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Oliver Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-stone)
- **Screenplay:** [Oliver Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-stone), [Kieran Fitzgerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/kieran-fitzgerald)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Craig Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-armstrong)
- **Producer:** [Moritz Borman](https://cinepixo.com/people/moritz-borman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Anthony Dod Mantle](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-dod-mantle)
- **Editor:** [Lee Percy](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-percy), [Alex Márquez](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-marquez)

## Cast

- [Shailene Woodley](https://cinepixo.com/people/shailene-woodley) as Lindsay Mills
- [Demetri Goritsas](https://cinepixo.com/people/demetri-goritsas)
- [Logan Marshall-Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/logan-marshall-green)
- [George H. W. Bush](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-h-w-bush)
- [Zachary Quinto](https://cinepixo.com/people/zachary-quinto) as Glenn Greenwald
- [LaKeith Stanfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/lakeith-stanfield)
- [Timothy Olyphant](https://cinepixo.com/people/timothy-olyphant)
- [Michael Benz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-benz)
- [Nicolas Cage](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-cage) as Hank Forrester
- [Tom Wilkinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-wilkinson) as Ewen MacAskill
- [Hillary Clinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/hillary-clinton)
- [Barack Obama](https://cinepixo.com/people/barack-obama)
- [Ben Schnetzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-schnetzer)
- [Edward Snowden](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-snowden)
- [Rhys Ifans](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhys-ifans)

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Official site: https://snowdenfilm.com
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/snowden-2016
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