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Katy Scoggin

Born November 16, 1980 · United States (age 45)

Katy Scoggin is an award-winning documentary film director, cameraperson, and producer. Her feature directorial debut, Flood, has screened at film festivals worldwide and premiered on PBS Independent Lens on July 13, 2026. In 2025, the film won a Special Mention in International Competition at IDFA. Previously, Katy worked for Laura Poitras on three features and two shorts, including Oscar-winning…

Known For

Citizenfour

Citizenfour · 2014

MovieDocumentary

In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.

Flood

MovieDocumentary

A filmmaker revisits her evangelical roots to find connection with her estranged father.

Risk

MovieDocumentaryCrime

Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle in a documentary portrait of power, betrayal, truth and sacrifice.

Flood

MovieDramaFamily

Miriam is an unemployed journalist who has a beat on a story that could turn her bad luck around. Her dad is an evangelical who believes the fossil record derived from Noah's Flood. For ten years, he has lived in the Mojave Desert, running a paleontology museum. Miriam ventures west to interview him about what made him a creationist.

Death of a Prisoner

Death of a Prisoner · 2013

Death of a Prisoner

MovieDocumentary

The filmmaker Laura Poitras follows the tragic return home to Yemen of a Guantánamo Bay prison detainee, Adnan Latif.

The Program

The Program · 2012

MovieDocumentary

Filmmaker Laura Poitras profiles William Binney, a 32-year veteran of the National Security Agency who helped design a top-secret program he says is broadly collecting Americans' personal data.

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Citizenfour

Citizenfour · 2014

MovieDocumentary

In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.

Director of Photography

Flood

MovieDocumentary

A filmmaker revisits her evangelical roots to find connection with her estranged father.

Director

Risk

MovieDocumentaryCrime

Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle in a documentary portrait of power, betrayal, truth and sacrifice.

Director of Photography

Flood

MovieDramaFamily

Miriam is an unemployed journalist who has a beat on a story that could turn her bad luck around. Her dad is an evangelical who believes the fossil record derived from Noah's Flood. For ten years, he has lived in the Mojave Desert, running a paleontology museum. Miriam ventures west to interview him about what made him a creationist.

Director

Death of a Prisoner

Death of a Prisoner · 2013

Death of a Prisoner

MovieDocumentary

The filmmaker Laura Poitras follows the tragic return home to Yemen of a Guantánamo Bay prison detainee, Adnan Latif.

Producer

The Program

The Program · 2012

MovieDocumentary

Filmmaker Laura Poitras profiles William Binney, a 32-year veteran of the National Security Agency who helped design a top-secret program he says is broadly collecting Americans' personal data.

Producer