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.
| Directing | Laura Poitras | Director |
| Crew | Sara Bernstein | Supervisor of Production Resources |
| Production | Svenja Rieck | Production Manager |
| Editing | Mathilde Bonnefoy | Editor |
| Production | Mathilde Bonnefoy | Producer |
| Camera | Trevor Paglen | Director of Photography |
| Production | Kirsten Johnson | Co-Producer |
| Production | Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Katy Scoggin | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Kirsten Johnson | Director of Photography |
| Production | Steven Soderbergh | Executive Producer |
| Production | Diane Weyermann | Executive Producer |
| Production | Katy Scoggin | Co-Producer |
| Production | Laura Poitras | Producer |
| Production | Tom Quinn | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dirk Wilutzky | Producer |
| Production | Jeff Skoll | Executive Producer |
| Production | David Menschel | Executive Producer |
